STATE v. MERRITT

No. KCD 30420.

589 S.W.2d 359 (1979)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Larry J. MERRITT, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

October 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford A. Cohen, Public Defender, Gary L. Gardner, Kevin R. Locke, Asst. Public Defenders, Kansas City, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Hope E. Thurrott, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Kansas City, for respondent.

Before DIXON, P. J., and TURNAGE and KENNEDY, JJ.


TURNAGE, Judge.

Larry J. Merritt was convicted by a jury of carrying a concealed weapon, § 564.610, RSMo 1969, and sentenced by the court under the Second Offender Act to imprisonment for four years.

On this appeal Merritt raises the decisive issue of the failure of the court to discharge a venireman for cause. Reversed and remanded.

Merritt does not dispute the sufficiency of the evidence so a recitation of facts is not necessary except to observe...

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