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STATE v. WISDOM

No. 36670.

540 S.W.2d 94 (1976)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Merle Clay WISDOM, Appellant.

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

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer Denied August 18, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles D. Kitchin, Public Defender, Neal P. Murphy, James C. Jones, Asst. Public Defenders, St. Louis, for appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Preston Dean, Timothy J. Verhagen, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, Brendan Ryan, Circuit Atty., St. Louis, for respondent.

RENDLEN, Judge.

Merle Clay Wisdom appeals his conviction of murder in the first degree, § 559.010 RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S., and sentence of life imprisonment, contending the trial court erred: (1) by overruling his motion to suppress a confession and failing to find with unmistakable clarity it was voluntarily made; (2) by admitting the confession in view of evidence that appellant was intoxicated and incapable of intelligent waiver of his rights; and (3) by admitting...

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