STATE v. LYLE

No. 58195.

511 S.W.2d 817 (1974)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Robert Eugene LYLE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

July 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Mark D. Mittleman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Willard B. Bunch, Public Defender, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, Robert A. Simons, Asst. Public Defender, Kansas City, for appellant.


STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Pursuant to a written waiver of his right to trial by jury, Robert Eugene Lyle was tried by the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, and found guilty of the murder of Joetha Lewis. The sentence was life imprisonment, and he has appealed presenting only one issue: the voluntariness of his confession.

Appellant's automobile was seen near the place where Joetha Lewis was murdered. He lived...

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