State v. Reese

MAUS, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of the first degree felony murder of his estranged wife on November 14, 1982. § 565.003, RSMo 1978 (now repealed). In accordance with the verdict, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The essential part of the amended information under which the defendant was convicted alleged as follows: “[T]he Defendant, John Reese, in violation of Section 565.003, committed the felony of First Degree Murder, punishable upon conviction under Section 565.008.2, RSMo., in that the Defendant caused the death of Teresa A. Reese by Shooting her, and that the Defendant did…