STATE v. GOODWIN

No. 48154.

352 S.W.2d 614 (1962)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Marcus GOODWIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

January 8, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Virtis Swinton, Leonard Hughes, Jr., Kansas City, for appellant.

Thomas F. Eagleton, Atty. Gen., George W. Draper, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ben Ely, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


LEEDY, Judge.

Marcus Goodwin was convicted of murder in the first degree in having killed Mazie Lee, and he appeals from the judgment sentencing him to the extreme penalty as fixed by the verdict.

The trial was exceedingly brief, having begun and ended on the same day. That portion of the transcript embodying the evidence consists of about thirty-five pages, thus indicating the likelihood that not more than one hour was consumed in hearing the evidence. Such...

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