STATE v. KING

No. 50009.

375 S.W.2d 34 (1964)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Lester KING, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

Rehearing Denied February 10, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Eagleton, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Edward A. Glenn, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Louisiana, Mo., for respondent.


WELBORN, Commissioner.

This is an appeal by Lester King from a judgment of conviction in the Saline County Circuit Court on a charge of offering violence to a guard of the Department of Corrections, an offense defined by Section 216.460, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S. A jury found the appellant guilty and the court, acting under the Habitual Criminal Act, fixed his punishment at five years in prison. After a motion for new trial had been overruled, an appeal was taken to this...

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