STATE v. HUTSON

No. 36887.

537 S.W.2d 809 (1976)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Lawrence Henry HUTSON, Appellant.

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

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer Denied June 15, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd E. Lawson, Paris, for appellant.

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


ALDEN A. STOCKARD, Special Judge.

Appellant, Lawrence Henry Hutson, was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He has appealed from the ensuing judgment. We affirm.

Appellant's only point is that the trial court erred in admitting in evidence his confession because it was "obtained as the result of promises or inducements held out by the prosecuting attorney and by Captain Webster [a police officer], thus...

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