STATE v. ROBERTSON

No. 55602.

480 S.W.2d 845 (1972)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. L. C. ROBERTSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

June 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Richard S. Paden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Frank Anzalone, Brent J. Williams, Clayton, for appellant.


STOCKARD, Commissioner.

L. C. Robertson was found guilty by a jury of manslaughter and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of ten years. We affirm.

The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction is not challenged. A jury reasonably could find that on December 7, 1969, appellant inflicted fatal wounds upon his wife by use of a butcher knife.

Appellant's first point is that the trial court erred in permitting the testimony of Demmetrist Perryman...

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