STATE v. STEVENS

No. 56317.

784 S.W.2d 858 (1990)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. James STEVENS, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.

February 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry B. Robertson, Asst. Public Defender, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., Stewart M. Freilich, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.


REINHARD, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of second degree murder, § 565.021, RSMo 1986, and sentence by the court, as a prior offender under § 558.016, RSMo 1986, to life imprisonment. We affirm.

The state charged defendant with first degree murder, § 565.020.1, RSMo 1986; the court instructed the jury on first degree murder, second degree murder and involuntary manslaughter; the jury returned a verdict of guilty of second...

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