STATE v. COLES

No. 55663.

467 S.W.2d 889 (1971)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Arvelle COLES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

June 14, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Kermit W. Almstedt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Jerry D. Perryman, St. Louis, for appellant.


STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Appellant was charged under the habitual criminal act with murder in the second degree, and after being found guilty by a jury his punishment was assessed by the trial court at imprisonment for a term of twenty-eight years.

There is no challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence. A jury reasonably could find therefrom that appellant knocked Otha Morris down and then jumped on his head repeatedly causing injuries which resulted in his...

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