STATE v. LAWSON

No. WD 31777.

627 S.W.2d 901 (1982)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Karen P. LAWSON, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

January 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee M. Nation, Nation & Curley, Kansas City, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Kirk Lohman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Before SOMERVILLE, C. J., Presiding, and CLARK and LOWENSTEIN, JJ.


SOMERVILLE, Chief Judge.

A jury found defendant guilty of arson in the first degree, a class B felony, Section 569.040, RSMo 1978,1 and assessed her punishment at five years imprisonment, the minimum term prescribed by Section 558.011, RSMo 1978. After an unavailing motion for new trial, judgment was entered, sentence was pronounced in conformity with the minimum term assessed by the jury, and...

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