STATE v. PATTERSON

No. 62089.

618 S.W.2d 664 (1981)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Dale PATTERSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

July 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Fletcher, Public Defender, Gary L. Gardner, Asst. Public Defender, Kansas City, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Kristie Green, Nancy Applequist, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


SEILER, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of capital murder, § 565.001, RSMo 1978. The state waived the death penalty and defendant was therefore sentenced to life without probation or parole for fifty years. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Mo.Const. Art. V, § 3.

We reverse and remand. Because of the disposition made, a lengthy recitation of the facts is unnecessary. Defendant was charged with murdering...

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