STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. KCD 27979.

535 S.W.2d 128 (1976)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Adrian P. WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied March 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Larson, Public Defender, Douglas N. Merritt, Asst. Public Defender, Kansas City, for appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Nanette K. Laughrey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Before DIXON, P. J., PRITCHARD, C. J., and WASSERSTROM, J.


WASSERSTROM, Judge.

The indictment charged defendant with first degree murder, but the jury found him guilty of only manslaughter and fixed his punishment at 10 years imprisonment. Defendant appeals on the following sole ground:

"The court erred in refusing defendant's request that the jury be stricken and a new jury be drawn from a different venire because of total exclusion of black people by use of preemptory...

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