STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 47123.

672 S.W.2d 160 (1984)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Ivory L. JOHNSON, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied June 11, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Motley, Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Hannibal, Carla Wood Tanzey, Brett & Erdel, Mexico, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Deborah Neff, Jefferson City, for respondent.


Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied June 11, 1984.

CRIST, Presiding Judge.

As their children watched, defendant stabbed his ex-wife five times in the front yard of her apartment. One wound severed her aorta, causing her death. A jury convicted defendant of capital murder, recommending life imprisonment without eligibility for probation or parole for fifty years. The trial court sentenced accordingly and defendant appeals. We affirm...

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