STATE v. HUGHES

No. 55083.

460 S.W.2d 600 (1970)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Dennis Paul HUGHES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

December 14, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Thomas H. Stahl, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Peper, Martin, Jensen, Maichel & Hetlage, St. Louis, for appellant.


WELBORN, Commissioner.

Appeal from life sentence entered upon conviction for murder, first degree, after jury trial.

At around 3:00 P.M., on December 24, 1968, Miss Minnie Putterman was found dead, bound and gagged, lying on the bed, in her third floor apartment at 5536 Pershing Avenue in the City of St. Louis. She had been last seen alive at around 12:00 noon of the same day.

On January 2, 1969, appellant, Dennis Paul Hughes, was arrested at the residence...

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