STATE v. THORNTON

No. KCD 27179.

532 S.W.2d 37 (1975)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Robert James THORNTON, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

December 31, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Eldredge, Kansas City, Lee M. Nation, Law Student, Certified, for appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Philip M. Koppe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Before SWOFFORD, P.J., and WELBORN and HIGGINS, Special Judges.


SWOFFORD, Presiding Judge.

This is a direct appeal from a conviction of manslaughter and a sentence of ten years imprisonment following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Boone County, Missouri.

On January 8, 1970, at approximately 6:30 p.m., one James Bierley was found by ambulance attendants called to the scene alone in his quarters at 400 Hitt Street in Columbia, Missouri, on a bed, bleeding from multiple chest wounds. He was pronounced dead at 7:30 p...

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