STATE v. BLAIR

No. 45387.

305 S.W.2d 435 (1957)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Blanche BLAIR, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri. Division No. 1.

October 14, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No brief filed for appellant.

John M. Dalton, Atty. Gen., J. Richard Roberts, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


COIL, Commissioner.

Appellant, herein called defendant, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary. She has filed no brief. We, therefore, examine the new trial motion. No claim is therein made that the state failed to make a submissible case and consequently a brief statement of facts will suffice.

Defendant admitted that on December 16, 1954, she shot and killed Leo Johnson but adduced substantial evidence that she...

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