HOLTKAMP v. STATE

No. 40568.

588 S.W.2d 183 (1979)

Frank T. HOLTKAMP, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Four.

September 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Latney Barnes, Barnes & Barnes, Mexico, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Paul R. Otto, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Cynthia MacPherson, Pros. Atty., Mexico, for respondent.


DOWD, Presiding Judge.

Frank Holtkamp was charged by information with second degree murder in the death of his wife Delores. A jury in Audrain County, Missouri found him guilty of manslaughter and imposed a ten year sentence. Holtkamp appeals.

Late at night on July 19, 1977, an argument developed between the appellant and his wife. A struggle apparently ensued in which Mrs. Holtkamp received a cut on the eyebrow. Appellant then smothered his wife with either...

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