STATE v. COLLINS

No. 40482.

602 S.W.2d 12 (1980)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. John COLLINS, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

June 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris, Kirksey & Thomas, Charles E. Kirksey, Jr., St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Paul Robert Otto, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, George A. Peach, Circuit Atty., St. Louis, for plaintiff-respondent.


CRIST, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder and felonious wounding. He was sentenced to concurrent sentences of twenty years and two years, respectively. We affirm.

On August 26, 1977, the victim, his wife, and four year old son were sitting on a ledge outside a St. Louis restaurant. Defendant with a black gun in his hand, approached them. Wife had previously seen defendant on two different occasions while he was talking to her...

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