CLEMENS, Senior Judge.
The state charged movant-defendant with first-degree murder, § 565.003, RSMo. 1978. The trial court directed a verdict for defendant on that charge but on its own motion instructed on second-degree murder and manslaughter. The jury found defendant guilty of second-degree murder, § 565.004, RSMo.1978; the court sentenced him to 20 years in prison. He has now filed a Rule 27.26 motion to set aside that conviction.
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