STATE v. HOPKINS

No. 66298.

687 S.W.2d 188 (1985)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Leonard R. HOPKINS, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

April 2, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra Buie Arnold, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

David C. Mason, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.


HIGGINS, Judge.

Leonard Hopkins, a persistent offender, was convicted by a jury of manslaughter, Count I, and first degree assault in Counts II and III after shooting three people, killing one and injuring the other two. The jury assessed his punishment at fifteen years, Count I; life imprisonment, Count II; and a concurrent fifteen-year term on Count III. After affirmance in the court of appeals, this Court transferred the case to examine whether the trial court...

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