STATE v. JONES

No. 61391.

594 S.W.2d 932 (1980)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Wilson Herman JONES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 3.

March 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald E. Pedigo, Public Defender, 24th Judicial Circuit, Farmington, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Jerry L. Short, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


ALDEN A. STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Wilson Herman Jones, charged pursuant to the Second Offender Act (§ 556.280 RSMo 1969), was found guilty by a jury of murder in the second degree (§ 559.020 RSMo 1969) and sentenced by the court to life imprisonment. He has appealed from the ensuing judgment. We affirm.

A jury reasonably could find from the State's evidence that in the morning of October 1, 1977, appellant went to the home of Palmer Smith in Cape...

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