STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 56182.

475 S.W.2d 95 (1971)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. James E. JOHNSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer Denied January 10, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., G. Michael O'Neal, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Smith & Askinosie, Springfield, for appellant.


Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Court En Banc Denied January 10, 1972.

BARRETT, Commissioner.

A jury found James E. Johnson guilty of manslaughter and fixed his punishment at five years' imprisonment. This is the background of the charge and conviction: William Edward Peters, age 45, James E. Johnson, age 31, and Phyllis Yvonne Deel, age 36, all resided in the vicinity of St. Albans, West Virginia. They were all alcoholics. In March 1970 they were going...

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