STATE v. McCLAIN

No. 27251.

531 S.W.2d 40 (1975)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Arthelle McCLAIN, Jr., Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

December 8, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Moore, Kansas City, for appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Robert H. House, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Before WASSERSTROM, P. J., and SHANGLER and DIXON, JJ.


WASSERSTROM, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of first degree murder with a sentence to life imprisonment. He does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict, so only sufficient facts will be stated to place the issues raised on this appeal in proper perspective.

On September 24, 1973, a robbery was attempted at a Safeway store, in the course of which a security guard, Virgil McGee, was shot and killed...

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