STATE v. STARR

No. 13583.

676 S.W.2d 311 (1984)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Ricky Lynn STARR, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

September 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Mark S. Siedlik, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.

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


PREWITT, Chief Judge.

Defendant was convicted of the second degree murder of a woman he was living with. He was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment. He has three contentions on appeal.

For his first point relied on he asserts that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence two "gun residue kits" because no proper chain of custody was established between the highway patrol sergeant who used the kits in making tests upon the hands of defendant and the...

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