STATE v. HEMPHILL

No. 57825.

504 S.W.2d 62 (1974)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Lem HEMPHILL, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

January 14, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Vincent F. Igoe, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Leonard J. Frankel, Clayton, Newark & Baris, St. Louis, for appellant.


STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Appellant was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. Notice of appeal was filed prior to April 9, 1973. We reverse and remand.

The witnesses for the State testified, in substance, that appellant's father took a butcher knife away from Callie Mae following an argument, and threw it on a table in the bedroom. Appellant then shot Callie Mae, and after she fell to the floor he stood directly over...

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