STATE v. THOMAS

No. 36490.

536 S.W.2d 529 (1976)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Jerry Lewis THOMAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division 2.

April 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Sindel, Asst. Public Defender, Clayton, Mo., for defendant-appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Preston Dean, Charles H. Howard, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, Courtney Goodman, Jr., Pros. Atty., Clayton, Mo., for plaintiff-respondent.


STEWART, Judge.

A jury found defendant guilty of murder in the second degree (§ 559.020 RSMo. 1969) and fixed his punishment at fifteen years.

Defendant's principal contentions are that the trial court erred (1) in permitting the prosecutor to ask the defendant's witness if he had been convicted of juvenile delinquency; (2) in allowing a lay witness to testify that in her opinion the affray between defendant and the victim had terminated before the defendant...

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