STATE v. SCOTT

No. 36989.

535 S.W.2d 281 (1976)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Keith SCOTT, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer Denied April 13, 1976.

Application to Transfer Denied May 5, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cornelius Lane, Asst. Public Defender, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Preston Dean, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Brendan Ryan, Circuit Atty., John F. White, Asst. Circuit Atty., St. Louis, for plaintiff-respondent.


DOWD, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for second degree murder. § 559.020 RSMo 1969. After the jury failed to agree on punishment, the trial court sentenced the defendant to 35 years imprisonment. We affirm.

In the early evening of April 23, 1974, a St. Louis City policeman and a St. Louis City deputy sheriff drove to a public housing project in north St. Louis. The two men, both of whom were off-duty...

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