STATE v. ASHTON

No. 37914.

554 S.W.2d 546 (1977)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent-Plaintiff, v. Wilbert ASHTON, Appellant-Defendant.

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

July 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond I. Harris, Jess W. Ullom, Clayton, for appellant-defendant.

John D. Ashcroft, Paul Robert Otto, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, George A. Peach, Circuit Atty., John F. White, Asst. Circuit Atty., St. Louis, for respondentplaintiff.


SMITH, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction of manslaughter and seven year sentence following a jury verdict. We affirm.

At approximately 3:30 p. m. on July 9, 1974, nineteen year old Elizabeth Springmeyer was shot to death by a sniper while purchasing produce from a produce truck at Riverview and Lillian in the City of St. Louis. Defendant lived in a house approximately 150 feet from the location of the truck. Two young men, friends of defendant,...

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