STATE v. ABBOTT

No. 10601.

571 S.W.2d 809 (1978)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. John ABBOTT, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Springfield District.

September 25, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon Fritz, Malden, for appellant.

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

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


HOGAN, Judge.

A jury has found defendant John Abbott guilty of first-degree murder as an abettor in the killing of John Frank Holder, who was robbed and shot to death outside his liquor store near Clarkton, Missouri, during the early morning of February 24, 1976. Defendant's punishment has been fixed at imprisonment for life. He appeals.1

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged, and defendant has made no allegation of...

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