STATE v. LEE

No. 63296.

654 S.W.2d 876 (1983)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. William LEE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

August 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Fletcher, Public Defender, Anne Hall, Asst. Public Defender, Kansas City, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Lew A. Kollias, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


GUNN, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of first degree murder, § 565.003, RSMo 1978. His sentence was life imprisonment. Although the 1982 amendment to Mo. Const. art. V, § 3 placed jurisdiction of life imprisonment cases in the Missouri Courts of Appeals, this Court has retained jurisdiction in those cases under submission on the effective date of the amendment. State v. Martin, 644 S.W.2d 359, 360 (Mo. banc 1983...

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