STATE v. JACKSON

No. 46502.

663 S.W.2d 312 (1983)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Hosea JACKSON, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Southern Division.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied December 28, 1983.

Application to Transfer Denied February 15, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hosea Jackson, Stephen C. Wilson, Public Defender, Gary L. Robbins, Public Defender, 32nd Judicial Court, Jackson, for appellant.

Larry H. Ferrell, Pros. Atty., Cape Girardeau County, Cape Girardeau, John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., John M. Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied December 28, 1983.

CRIST, Judge.

A jury convicted defendant of second degree murder for killing his live-in girlfriend of 12 years. The trial court imposed the jury's recommended punishment of 33 years imprisonment. We affirm.

Two days before her murder, victim and defendant had a fight. Defendant punched victim with his fists and victim struck defendant with a board. The following day victim...

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