STATE v. KING

No. 53286.

433 S.W.2d 825 (1968)

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

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

November 12, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman H. Anderson, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Dennis J. Quillin, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Clayton, for respondent.

W. Clifton Banta, Charleston, for appellant.


WELBORN, Commissioner.

Appeal from sentence on jury verdict of life imprisonment for murder in the first degree.

At approximately 7:00 A.M., March 31, 1967, L. I. Denton was shot and killed in the backyard of his residence in East Prairie, Missouri. Neighbors heard several shots fired and saw Mr. Denton running from the garage in the rear of the yard toward the house. He was struck by at least four bullets and fell...

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