STATE v. HEGWOOD

No. 37854.

558 S.W.2d 378 (1977)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Joe S. HEGWOOD, Appellant.

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

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied November 14, 1977.

Application to Transfer Denied December 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin G. Franke, Gary L. Gardner, Union, for appellant.

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Paul Robert Otto, Asst. Atty. Gen., Walter O. Theiss, Jefferson City, Daniel M. Buescher, Pros. Atty., Union, for respondent.


STEWART, Judge.

A jury convicted defendant, Joe S. Hegwood, of murder in the second degree and assessed his punishment at 99 years imprisonment. Defendant appeals from the judgment entered on the verdict.

In stating the facts we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict. State v. Stancliff, 467 S.W.2d 26, 27 (Mo.1971). The jury could reasonably have found the facts to be as follows: Defendant met...

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