STATE v. RUSSELL

No. 39772.

575 S.W.2d 1 (1978)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Elvera RUSSELL, Appellant.

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

November 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Shipp, Jr., Sp. Asst. Public Defender, Clayton, for appellant.

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Paul Robert Otto, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, George A. Peach, Circuit Atty., St. Louis, for respondent.


CLEMENS, Judge.

A jury found defendant Elvera Russell guilty of second-degree murder and the judgment imposed fifteen years' imprisonment. She has appealed, challenging only the seating of two jurors.

First, the trial court denied defendant's challenge for cause as to venireman Tommy Threlkeld. Mr. Threlkeld stated on voir dire that he had an opinion of defendant's guilt from reading a newspaper account; he was asked if he could put that out of his mind and...

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