STATE v. THOMAS

No. 36089.

526 S.W.2d 893 (1975)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Richard Lee THOMAS, Defendant-Appellant.

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

August 5, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., William F. Arnet, Preston Dean, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, Brendan Ryan, Circuit Atty., Henry J. Fredericks, Asst. Circuit Atty., St. Louis, for plaintiff-respondent.


SMITH, Chief Judge.

Defendant was tried and convicted by a jury of (1) Arson of a motor vehicle, (2) Arson of a dwelling house occupied by human beings, and (3) two counts of murder first degree arising from the deaths as a result of the fire of two persons in the house. Defendant was sentenced to three concurrent life terms and one concurrent five-year term. He appeals.

Defendant raises seven points of error. Two of them raise either directly or indirectly...

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