A jury found defendant Bessie Fern Baldwin guilty of the class A felony of murder in the second degree, § 565.021, RSMo 1986, and assessed punishment at life imprisonment. The trial court entered judgment per the verdict.
Defendant appeals, presenting two assignments of error. The first asserts the trial court improperly allowed the prosecutor to elicit testimony that defendant underwent a polygraph...
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