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STATE v. LAWSON

No. 41661.

227 S.W.2d 642 (1950)

STATE v. LAWSON.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Denied March 13, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. P. Elmer, E. W. Bennett, J. Dean Leffler, all of Salem, for appellant. J. E. Taylor, Attorney General, Richard F. Thompson, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Court en Banc Denied March 13, 1950.

HYDE, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to twenty five years in the penitentiary. On his appeal, he contends that his motion for a directed verdict should have been sustained, arguing that the corpus delicti was not established.

Deceased, George McKinney, died after a fight with defendant but his argument is that the evidence does not...

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