STATE v. SIMPSON

No. 55880.

471 S.W.2d 173 (1971)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Raymond Kenneth SIMPSON, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer Denied October 11, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

James L. McMullin, Legal Aid and Defender Society of Greater Kansas City, Kansas City, for appellant; John J. Cosgrove, Kansas City, of counsel.


Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Court En Banc Denied October 11, 1971.

HENLEY, Judge.

Raymond Kenneth Simpson, Jr., (hereinafter defendant) appeals from his conviction of second degree murder for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Sections 559.020 and 559.030, RSMo 1969, V. A.M.S. We affirm.

The sole ground of his appeal is that "* * * [t]he court erred in not instructing the jury that the...

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