STATE v. KELTON

No. 45580.

299 S.W.2d 493 (1957)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Rachel KELTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

March 11, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coyne & Patten, Joplin, for appellant.

John M. Dalton, Atty. Gen., John W. Inglish, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


STORCKMAN, Judge.

The defendant was charged and tried in the Circuit Court of Jasper County, Missouri, on an information charging her with murder in the first degree in the killing of her husband. She was convicted of manslaughter and her punishment was assessed by the jury at eight years in the penitentiary. She filed a motion for new trial which was overruled and she has appealed to this court from her judgment of conviction.

Since the defendant does not...

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