STATE v. ZWEIFEL

No. 39555.

570 S.W.2d 792 (1978)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Merle Edward ZWEIFEL, Appellant.

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

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied September 15, 1978.

Application for Transfer Denied October 10, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zenge & Smith, Canton, for appellant.

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Paul R. Otto, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daniel Lyman, Jefferson City, William O. Green, Pros. Atty., Scotland County, Memphis, for respondent.


SMITH, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction of manslaughter by a jury. The jury assessed punishment at ten years imprisonment; the trial court reduced the sentence to five years.

The victim, Mr. Erwin, was the superintendent of the Gorin R-III School. Defendant's son, Carl, was a junior in that school. Erwin had a discussion with Carl in a shop class during which he made statements which Carl interpreted as indicating a doubt in Erwin's mind of the...

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