STATE v. ADAMS

No. 48805.

355 S.W.2d 21 (1962)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Robert Joseph ADAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

March 12, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen N. Limbaugh, Limbaugh & Limbaugh, Cape Girardeau, for appellant.

Thomas F. Eagleton, Atty. Gen., Carl R. Gaertner, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


EAGER, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of first degree murder and sentenced to imprisonment for his natural life. The deceased was defendant's wife; the sole defense was insanity. The killing was perpetrated on March 29, 1960, in a particularly gruesome manner, the deceased being stabbed and cut 40 to 45 times with a pair of scissors. She died from massive hemorrhage into the lungs. Defendant was 24 years of age at the time, and his wife was not...

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