STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 56462.

473 S.W.2d 388 (1971)

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

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

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.

John J. Frank, Leonard A. Batterson, Jr., St. Louis, for appellant.


STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Defendant has appealed from the judgment and sentence of life imprisonment for murder in the first degree.

There is no challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence. A jury reasonably could find that following a crap game, the defendant grabbed a rifle and demanded money from Melvin Tapp who had won in the game. As Tapp backed down the steps, defendant shot him. Tapp then ran down the street, and defendant shot him again. Defendant testified...

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