STATE v. FOSTER

No. 47214.

338 S.W.2d 892 (1960)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. William FOSTER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

October 10, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris A. Shenker, Lawrence J. Lee, Bernard J. Mellman, St. Louis, for appellant.

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


BARRETT, Commissioner.

Upon a charge of murder in the second degree in shooting and killing Louise Massey the appellant, William Foster, has been found guilty of manslaughter and his punishment fixed at nine years' imprisonment.

This is the background in which Louise came to her death and the context in which some of Foster's claims of error must be considered: William Foster and Louise Massey and her three children, Larry, Linda and Janice, all lived together...

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