STATE v. JONES

No. KCD29581.

571 S.W.2d 741 (1978)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Lavance JONES, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied October 10, 1978.

Application to Transfer Denied November 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe F. Willerth, C. William Kramer, Independence, for appellant.

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Philip M. Koppe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Before SHANGLER, P. J., and SWOFFORD, C. J., and WASSERSTROM, J.


WASSERSTROM, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction of murder in the second degree on which he was sentenced to life imprisonment and robbery on which he was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment. The evidence viewed favorably to the prosecution showed the following skeletal facts.

On the evening of October 25, 1976, defendant, his brother Aaron, and Marvin Williams joined in a project to rob the Eastwood Hills Animal Hospital. James E. Burkholder, the employee...

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