STATE v. DENT

No. 55144.

473 S.W.2d 370 (1971)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Leon DENT, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer Denied December 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Charles B. Blackmar, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Louis, for respondent.

Bell, Fullwood, Wilson & Harris by James A. Bell, Allen I. Harris, St. Louis, for appellant.


Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Court En Banc Denied December 13, 1971.

WELBORN, Commissioner.

A jury in the St. Louis Circuit Court found Leon Dent guilty of assault with intent to do great bodily harm with malice, § 559.180, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S. See State v. Gillespie, Mo.Sup., 336 S.W.2d 677, 681. Punishment was fixed by the jury at seven years' imprisonment.

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