STATE v. TATUM

No. WD 34602.

656 S.W.2d 305 (1983)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Vernon TATUM, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

August 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. McMullin, Kansas City, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., and George Cox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Before TURNAGE, P.J., and PRITCHARD and KENNEDY, JJ.


KENNEDY, Judge.

Defendant Tatum appeals a jury conviction of murder in the first degree, § 565.003, RSMo 1978. In accordance with the jury's verdict, the trial court sentenced Tatum to life imprisonment.

We find no reversible error and we affirm the judgment.

The facts are as follows:

On May 21, 1981, at approximately 7:00 a.m., an apartment manager discovered Marcile Cunningham dead in the victim's Kansas City, Missouri apartment with...

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