STATE v. STIDHAM

Nos. 45537, 54674.

449 S.W.2d 634 (1970)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. James W. STIDHAM, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

February 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Kenneth M. Romines, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Mark M. Hennelly, St. Louis, for appellant.


BARRETT, Commissioner.

In 1952 James William (known to one and all as "Slick") Stidham was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment for his part in the armed robbery of the Grapette Bottling Company in Joplin. For the details of that crime see State v. Stidham, Mo., 258 S.W.2d 620. On October 3, 1955, after a jury trial and verdict in July 1955, Stidham was sentenced to life imprisonment for his participation in the slaying of fellow...

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