STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 49888.

369 S.W.2d 408 (1963)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. James (Buddy) WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

July 8, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ward & Reeves, by George K. Reeves, Caruthersville, Dempster & Edwards, by Robert A. Dempster, Sikeston, for appellant.

Thomas F. Eagleton, Atty. Gen., Howard L. McFadden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


DALTON, Judge.

Defendant was charged and convicted of murder in the first degree and the jury fixed his punishment at death. Motion for a new trial was filed and overruled and an appeal taken to this court.

The information filed in the Circuit Court of Pemiscot County on February 5, 1962, charged defendant with the murder of one Brenda Joyce Raines on December 22, 1961, by using a dangerous and deadly weapon, to wit, a shotgun loaded with gunpowder and leaden...

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