STATE v. GIFFIN

No. 62775.

640 S.W.2d 128 (1982)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Burl Delbert GIFFIN, Sr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Price, Daniel P. Wade, Springfield, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Jay D. Haden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


ALDEN A. STOCKARD, Senior Judge.

Appellant, in a jury-waived trial, was found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

From the evidence the following could reasonably be found. On the afternoon of May 11, 1979, appellant, his wife and daughter, and a friend arrived at Roy and Esther's Tavern in Ava, Missouri. While at the bar, appellant got into a fight with one of the patrons, Boyd Conrad. Appellant called Conrad a "bastard" and...

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