STATE v. COUCH

No. 38684.

567 S.W.2d 360 (1978)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Milton R. COUCH, Appellant.

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

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied June 8, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Babione, Public Defender, James W. Whitney, Jr., Joseph F. Beatty, Charles H. Mostov, Asst. Public Defenders, St. Louis, for appellant.

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


CLEMENS, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Milton Rene Couch has appealed his conviction for first degree murder for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. The only issue is whether the state was erroneously allowed to impeach its own witness, or merely refreshed her recollection.

On the evening of May 2, 1976 defendant entered a cocktail lounge and repeatedly bumped into the victim, Charles Sylvester Adams, seated next to him at the bar. The victim asked defendant...

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