STATE v. RASPBERRY

No. 54255.

452 S.W.2d 169 (1970)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Benny Louis RASPBERRY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

April 13, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

J. Arnot Hill, Legal Aid and Defender Society of Greater Kansas City, Kansas City, for appellant.


KENNETH R. LEWIS, Special Judge.

Defendant, Benny Louis Raspberry, was charged by indictment with murder in the first degree for allegedly inflicting upon one James Willie Graham fatal gunshot wounds on February 3, 1968, in Jackson County, Missouri. Defendant was found guilty by a jury as charged and sentenced to life imprisonment.

It is not contended on this appeal that the evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction. Therefore, the statement of the...

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