STATE v. TATUM

No. 11810.

621 S.W.2d 82 (1981)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Gary Thurman TATUM, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

Motion for Rehearing and to Transfer Denied August 25, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce K. Kirby, Jones, Keeter, Karchmer, Nelms & Sullivan, Springfield, for defendant-appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Kristie Green, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.


MAUS, Chief Judge.

The defendant was charged with having committed murder in the second degree by stabbing Howard Scott to death on October 4, 1979. He was found guilty of that offense by a jury and sentenced to imprisonment for 20 years in accordance with the verdict. He presents three points on appeal which require a summary of the evidence.

The victim was a 37 year old man who had a drinking problem. At the time of his death he lived in a "lower income...

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