STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 42485.

245 S.W.2d 43 (1951)

STATE v. JOHNSON.

Supreme Court of Missouri, en Banc.

Rehearing Denied January 14, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Grant, St. Louis, for appellant.

J. E. Taylor, Atty. Gen., W. Brady Duncan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for State.


ELLISON, Chief Justice.

The appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree under Sec. 559.010, R.S.1949, Sec. 4376, Mo.R.S.A. and his punishment assessed at death, for shooting with a pistol and killing one Pelham C. Scott, a member of the police force of Overland in St. Louis County. His motion for new trial assigned error on four grounds, the first three of which complained that there was no substantial evidence to support the verdict; that it was against...

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