STATE v. HARPER

No. 55299.

473 S.W.2d 419 (1971)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Phillip HARPER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

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.

Cable & Seabaugh, Kennett, for appellant.


HOLMAN, Judge.

Defendant, Phillip Harper, charged with murder in the first degree in the killing of James Arnold, Jr., was found guilty of manslaughter and his punishment fixed by the jury at five years' imprisonment. See §§ 559.010, 559.070, and 559.140.1 He has appealed. We affirm.

This appeal was originally heard in Division Two where an opinion was adopted but the case...

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