STATE v. EATON

No. 45606.

302 S.W.2d 866 (1957)

STATE of Missourl, Respondent, v. James G. EATON Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri. Division No. 2.

Rehearing Denied June 10, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Johnson, St. Joseph, and S. W. James, Jr., Jefferson City, for appellant.

John M. Dalton, Atty. Gen., Aubrey R. Hammett, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


LEEDY, Justice.

At the May Term, 1945, of the Circuit Court of Buchanan County, James G. Eaton was convicted of murder in the second degree in having killed Willie Van Ross on February 10, 1945. He was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of 18 years, which judgment was affirmed June 10, 1946. State v. Eaton, 355 Mo. 164, 195 S.W.2d 457.

About a year after such affirmance—May 28, 1947...

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