STATE v. JONES

No. 10346.

558 S.W.2d 286 (1977)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Jimmy Lee JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Springfield District.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer Denied October 5, 1977.

Application to Transfer Denied November 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Jeff W. Schaeperkoetter, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.

Theodore A. Strecker, LeCompte & Strecker, Springfield, for defendant-appellant.

Before BILLINGS, C. J., and STONE and TITUS, JJ.


BILLINGS, Chief Judge.

A Greene County jury found defendant Jimmy Lee Jones guilty of second degree murder of Carol Jean Wiles and fixed his punishment at life imprisonment. His assignments of error in this appeal involve the trial court's rulings on the admissibility of testimony of three witnesses. We affirm.

The sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury's verdict is not questioned. Defendant, a procurer for the deceased, testified he fatally stabbed...

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