STATE v. EDWARDS

No. 52068.

435 S.W.2d 1 (1968)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. James Dale EDWARDS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

December 9, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman H. Anderson, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Dennis J. Quillin, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Clayton, for respondent.

J. Brendan Ryan, St. Louis, for appellant.


WELBORN, Commissioner.

This is an appeal by James Dale Edwards from a judgment and sentence of life imprisonment for murder in the first degree.

On February 23, 1965, Carol Sussex was found dead in her apartment in Edmundson Terrace, St. Louis County. Her half-clothed body was lying on a bed and a piece of electric lamp cord was wrapped around her neck. The investigation resulting in the discovery of the body began when Miss Sussex failed to report to work...

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