STATE v. NELSON

No. 13108.

674 S.W.2d 220 (1984)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Rosalyn NELSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer Denied July 17, 1984.

Application to Transfer Denied September 11, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Duncan, Edward A. Coulson, Kansas City, for defendant-appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Theodore A. Bruce, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.


HOGAN, Judge.

A jury has found defendant Rosalyn Nelson guilty of spousal homicide by manslaughter in contravention of the provisions of § 565.005, RSMo 1978,1 and her punishment has been assessed at imprisonment for a term of 3 years. She appeals. We affirm.

Defendant married her husband, Ronald Erwin Nelson (hereinafter "Ron" or "Ronzo" or the victim), in December 1980. At the time of the victim's death, he and the defendant...

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