STATE v. WARD

No. 35561.

518 S.W.2d 686 (1975)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Chester WARD, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division One.

January 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., G. Michael O'Neal, Ellen S. Roper, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, Brendan Ryan, Circuit Atty., John D. Chancellor, Asst. Circuit Atty., St. Louis, for plaintiff-respondent.

Charles D. Kitchin, Public Defender, James C. Jones, Asst. Public Defender, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.


DOWD, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis of the first degree murder of one Michael Collor (§ 559.010 RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S.). The court sentenced him under the Second Offender Act (§ 556.280 RSMo 1969, V. A.M.S.) to life imprisonment. He appeals.

The prosecution's case rested largely on the testimony of one Jeannette Johnson, which was as follows:

On October 16, 1972, at about 4:00...

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