STATE v. SYKES

No. 49704.

372 S.W.2d 24 (1963)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Fred SYKES, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

November 11, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack L. Koehr, St. Louis, for appellant.

Thomas F. Eagleton, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Burton H. Shostak, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Louis, for respondent.


STORCKMAN, Presiding Judge.

The defendant has appealed from a conviction of murder in the first degree. The sentence assessed by the jury was life imprisonment. No brief has been filed by the defendant and the case is before us on the transcript of the record and the state's brief.

In this situation our review extends to the assignments of error properly preserved in the motion for new trial and to the essential portions of the record. S.Ct. Rules 27.20 and...

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