STATE v. PETTIS

No. 63455.

655 S.W.2d 513 (1983)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Leon W. PETTIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied September 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Pat Burnett, Kansas City, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Theodore A. Bruce, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


RENDLEN, Chief Justice.

Defendant appeals conviction of first degree murder, § 565.003, RSMo 1978, and sentence of life imprisonment, citing as trial court error refusal to instruct the jury on included offenses. Although this Court no longer has exclusive appellate jurisdiction of this case, see Art. V, § 3 Constitution of Missouri, because it was submitted prior to the December 2, 1982 amendment to Art. V, § 3 of the Missouri Constitution,...

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