State v. Shafer

RENDLEN, Judge.

Charged with capital murder, defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Following affirmance in the Court of Appeals, Southern District, the cause was transferred that we might examine whether the decision in State v. Euell, 583 S.W.2d 173 (Mo. banc 1979) should be given retrospective application to this case, tried and concluded prior to the date of Euell. Affirming, we utilize portions of the Court of Appeals’ opinion without quotation marks.

The essential facts are these: On May 14, 1977, defendant drove from Chicago to the home…