STATE v. JONES

No. 44500.

647 S.W.2d 879 (1983)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Johnnie JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.

Motion for Rehearing/Transfer Denied March 17, 1983.

Application to Transfer Denied April 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Downey, Public Defender, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Kristie Green, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, George A. Peach, Circuit Atty., St. Louis, for plaintiffrespondent.


Motion for Rehearing/Transfer to Supreme Court Denied March 17, 1983.

GAERTNER, Judge.

Appellant was found guilty at a jury trial of the offense of murder in the second degree, § 565.004, RSMo 1978, and, pursuant to the jury's assessment of punishment, sentenced to 28 years in the Department of Corrections. On appeal he asserts two grounds for reversal: (1) that the circumstantial evidence was insufficient to prove he committed the murder, and (2) error...

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