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STATE v. THOMPSON

No. 49324.

363 S.W.2d 711 (1963)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Douglas Wayne THOMPSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

January 14, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byron Kearby, Poplar Bluff, for appellant.

Thomas F. Eagleton, Atty. Gen., George W. Draper, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

STORCKMAN, Judge.

The defendant, Douglas Wayne Thompson, was tried in the Circuit Court of Bollinger County on change of venue from Cape Girardeau County and was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree. The court found that the defendant had been convicted of a prior felony and fixed his punishment at death. The defendant's motion for new trial was overruled and he has appealed. The victim of the homicide was Herbert L. Goss, a police officer of the City...

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