STATE v. RICKS

No. 12694.

642 S.W.2d 375 (1982)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Danny RICKS, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Three.

November 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Blair Buckley, Jr., Public Defender, Caruthersville, for defendant-appellant.


PREWITT, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to forty-five years' imprisonment. His two points contend that (1) "the State had not established a corpus delicti in its failure to prove the cause of death of the alleged victim", and (2) "[t]he trial court erred in overruling Defendant's motion for mistrial and not granting Defendant's motion that the jury be instructed to disregard the testimony of the coroner that wounds went through...

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