STATE v. LEPKE

No. 45956.

305 S.W.2d 432 (1957)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Joseph LEPKE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri. Division No. 1.

October 14, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Neil Aschemeyer, St. Louis, Mark M. Hennelly, St. Louis, for appellant.

John M. Dalton, Atty. Gen., Richard R. Nacy, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


HOLMAN, Commissioner.

Charged by indictment with the second degree murder of William Nester, the defendant, Joseph Lepke, was convicted of manslaughter and his punishment fixed by the jury at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of three years. He has appealed from the ensuing judgment.

The sole contention briefed by the defendant is that the court erred in admitting the testimony of Dr. John J. Connors who stated that he had performed a postmortem...

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