STATE v. HANES

No. 51417.

729 S.W.2d 612 (1987)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. William Joseph HANES, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Four.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied May 12, 1987.

Application to Transfer Denied June 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Sindel, Clayton, for appellant.

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., John Munson Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


SIMON, Judge.

Defendant, William Joseph Hanes, was convicted by a jury of capital murder, Section 565.001, RSMo 1980, and sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole or probation for fifty (50) years.

On appeal, Hanes contends that the trial court erred in: (1) failing to instruct the jury on second degree felony murder; (2) allowing prosecutor to improperly bolster the state's chief witness' credibility by eliciting testimony regarding a...

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