Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District / Feb 21, 2025
STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent vs. KENTON COWGILL, Appellant
Kenton Cowgill appealed his convictions for second-degree murder, driving while intoxicated, resisting a lawful stop, and second-degree trafficking, which arose from an incident where he fled police, caused a fatal car crash, and was found with methamphetamine. He challenged the denial of a motion to disqualify the judge, the exclusion of evidence, and the sufficiency of evidence for his DWI and trafficking convictions. The appellate court affirmed the circuit court's judgment, declining plain error review for the unpreserved claims and finding sufficient evidence for the remaining convictions.