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STATE v. MARTIN

No. 13054.

651 S.W.2d 645 (1983)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Robert Scott MARTIN, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Four.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer Denied May 13, 1983.

Application to Transfer Denied June 30, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loren R. Honecker, Sherwood, Honecker & Bender, Springfield, Gary C. Riley, Shafer, Gilliland, Davis, McCollum & Ashley, Odessa, Tex., for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., John Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

FLANIGAN, Judge.

A jury found defendant Robert Scott Martin guilty of the offense of capital murder, § 565.001,1 and he was sentenced to imprisonment for life without eligibility for probation or parole for 50 years. The victim was Vesta Martin, defendant's stepmother. Mrs. Martin was fatally shot in her home near Waynesville by James Murphy at approximately 11 p.m. on May 15, 1981. The state's evidence showed that Murphy, who admitted...

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