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STATE v. WESTMORELAND

No. 36943.

541 S.W.2d 769 (1976)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Walter Lee WESTMORELAND, Appellant.

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

September 21, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Neil Smith, Asst. Public Defender, Clayton, for appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Preston Dean, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

ALDEN A. STOCKARD, Special Judge.

Walter Lee Westmoreland was found guilty by a jury of murder in the second degree and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of eighteen years. He has appealed from the ensuing judgment. We affirm.

Appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. It is sufficient to state that a jury reasonably could find that on April 12, 1974, in St. Louis County, appellant shot and killed Chester L. Dent. Certain additional facts...

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