STATE v. COLTON

No. KCD 27585.

529 S.W.2d 919 (1975)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. James Edwin COLTON, Jr., Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied November 19, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald D. McBeth, Ewing, Ewing, Carter, Wight & Woodfill, Nevada, for appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., William F. Arnet, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


SOMERVILLE, Judge.

Defendant, charged with arson of a motor vehicle in violation of Section 560.025, RSMo 1969, was found guilty by a jury as charged and his punishment was fixed by it at two years confinement in the Department of Corrections.

Defendant's premise for appellate relief is threefold: (1) that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a confession he made to law enforcement personnel "without requiring the state to introduce sufficient...

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