STATE v. JONES

No. 36278.

532 S.W.2d 772 (1975)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. James H. JONES, Appellant.

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

Rehearing Denied January 23, 1976.

Application to Transfer Denied March 8, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Preston Dean, Robert H. House, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, Brendan Ryan, Cir. Atty., Arthur Friedman, Asst. Cir. Atty., St. Louis, for respondent.

Huck, Kasten & LaBeaume, Graham W. LaBeaume, St. Louis, for appellant.


Rehearing Denied En Banc January 23, 1976.

CLEMENS, Presiding Judge.

The State charged defendant James H. Jones with first-degree murder by shooting Unes Johnson, and with felonious assault by pistol-whipping Wardell Johnson, Unes Johnson's father. The jury found defendant guilty of both charges, assessing punishment at life imprisonment for murdering Unes Johnson and five years' imprisonment for feloniously assaulting Wardell Johnson. Judgment and this appeal...

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