STATE v. LASHLEY

No. 63994.

667 S.W.2d 712 (1984)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Frederick LASHLEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied April 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Robertson, Asst. Public Defender, St. Louis, for appellant.

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


BILLINGS, Judge.

Defendant Frederick Lashley, 17, was convicted of the capital murder of his physically handicapped 55-year-old cousin and foster mother, Janie Tracy, while robbing her of $15. The punishment prescribed by the jury and approved by the trial court is death. We affirm.

The victim lived alone in a downstairs apartment in the City of St. Louis. She had heart trouble, diabetes and a neuro-muscular problem that caused her to limp and required her...

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