STATE v. McGOWAN

No. 43115.

621 S.W.2d 557 (1981)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Cleveland McGOWAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

September 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Thomas, Jr., St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Kristie Green, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, George A. Peach, Circuit Atty., St. Louis, for plaintiff-respondent.


GUNN, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for second degree murder. His appeal alleges trial court error in overruling his motion for judgment of acquittal, contending that there was insufficient evidence to find that he had intended to kill the deceased or that he had not acted in self-defense. We affirm.

In considering the allegations of error, we accept the state's evidence as true and give it the benefit of all reasonable inferences deducible therefrom...

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