STATE v. HIGGINS

No. 12029.

619 S.W.2d 94 (1981)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Ian Walter Hayes HIGGINS, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One.

July 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Albert Crump, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, Rolla, for appellant.


TITUS, Judge.

Defendant was charged with killing Dorothy Greer, an incompetent under guardianship, on February 19, 1980, at Indian Cave in Pulaski County. The jury was instructed on capital murder (as defendant was charged), second degree murder and manslaughter. It found defendant guilty of murder in the second degree and fixed his punishment at imprisonment for 30 years. Defendant appealed.

The facts surrounding the tragic killing were not in dispute at...

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