STATE v. NEELY

No. 35797.

524 S.W.2d 886 (1975)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Charles F. NEELY, Appellant.

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

June 24, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles D. Kitchin, Public Defender, John F. Bauer, James C. Jones, Charles S. Stone, Asst. Public Defenders, St. Louis, for appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Asst. Atty. Gen. K. Preston Dean, II, Jefferson City, Brendan Ryan, Circuit Atty., J. Paul Allred, Jr., Asst. Circuit Atty., St. Louis, for respondent.


ALDEN A. STOCKARD, Special Judge.

Appellant Charles F. Neely, charged with second degree murder, was found guilty by a jury of manslaughter and sentenced to the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of five years.

There is no challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, and it is sufficient to say that a jury reasonably could find that appellant caused the death of Bessie Hamilton by striking her on the head with a beer mug.

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