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CARPENTER v. STATE

No. 54466.

449 S.W.2d 584 (1970)

Jerome CARPENTER, Movant-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

January 12, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thompson, Mitchell, Douglas, Neill & Guerri and J. Peter Schmitz, St. Louis, for movant-appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Michael L. Boicourt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

BARRETT, Commissioner.

Charged with murder in the first degree in shooting his homosexual paramour, Alfred Arnold, Jerome Carpenter on May 22, 1961, with experienced hired counsel, withdrew his previous plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty. The court instead of immediately sentencing the defendant or requiring a presentence investigation and report heard evidence and conducted a hearing directed solely to the punishment to be inflicted, life imprisonment...

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