STATE v. MORRIS

No. 54883.

784 S.W.2d 815 (1990)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Bruce MORRIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.

February 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy A. Braun, Capital Conflicts Defender, St. Charles, Robert Wolfrum, Asst. Capital Defender, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., Ronald L. Jurgeson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.


KAROHL, Judge.

The state charged defendant by information and alleged that defendant killed his wife on November 18, 1986 by striking her on the head with a blunt object. The information charged murder in the first degree. Section 565.020 RSMo 1986. The state qualified the jury to consider a death sentence. The jury found defendant not guilty of the charged offense, not guilty of murder second degree, guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Section 565.023 RSMo 1986. The...

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