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STATE v. FIELDS

No. 13396.

668 S.W.2d 257 (1984)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Wesley Eugene FIELDS, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Three.

Application to Transfer Denied May 17, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Frank A. Rubin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.

Blair Buckley, Jr., Public Defender, Caruthersville, for defendant-appellant.

PREWITT, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without eligibility for parole until he has served fifty years. See §§ 565.001 and 565.008, RSMo 1978. He was convicted of shooting and killing a man following a fight just outside a tavern. Defendant's principal defense at trial was that he was in an intoxicated and drugged condition that prevented him from acting knowingly or purposely at the time of the shooting...

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