STATE v. HICKS

No. 14563.

722 S.W.2d 650 (1987)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Thelma HICKS, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One.

January 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., Colly Frissell-Durley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.

James W. Drese, Lake Ozark, for defendant-appellant.


GREENE, Presiding Judge.

Defendant, Thelma Hicks, was charged with, and jury-convicted of, the crime of murder in the second degree, § 565.004, RSMo, Cum.Supp.1984, and thereafter sentenced by the trial court, in accordance with the jury verdict, to 20 years' imprisonment.

The charge was filed following the death of Amanda Hicks, the five year old stepdaughter of Thelma Hicks. The evidence at trial, whose sufficiency is not questioned, was sufficient...

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