STATE v. AYERS

No. 52911.

470 S.W.2d 534 (1971)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Robert Lee AYERS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

September 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Gene E. Voigts, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles A. Blackmar, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Elliott & Marks, Murry A. Marks, Forriss D. Elliott, St. Louis, for appellant.


DONNELLY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a six-year sentence, imposed under the Second Offender Act, upon a jury verdict finding appellant, Robert Lee Ayers, guilty of manslaughter. V.A.M.S. § 559.070. In this opinion, which is written on reassignment, we adopt substantial portions of the opinion written by Welborn, C., in Division One of this Court.

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