STATE v. BROWN

No. 38316.

561 S.W.2d 388 (1977)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. John Weasley BROWN, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied January 18, 1978.

Application to Transfer Denied March 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Babione, Public Defender, John Putzel, Jeffrey Shank, Asst. Public Defenders, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

George A. Peach, Circuit Atty., Henry J. Fredericks, Asst. Circuit Atty., St. Louis, John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Paul Robert Otto, Jeff E. Schaeperkoetter, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.


GEORGE W. CLOYD, Special Judge.

Defendant John Weasley Brown appeals from his conviction for kidnapping for ransom, a felony, § 559.230, RSMo.1969, for which he received a sentence of twenty-five years. Many of the facts pertaining to the kidnapping, including defendant's participation in the abduction, are uncontroverted.

On the morning of June 19, 1975, defendant and Elbert Gibson, posing as delivery men, gained entrance to the home of Mrs. Henrietta...

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