State v. Williams

WELBORN, Commissioner.

Appeal from judgment and sentence to life imprisonment entered on jury verdict finding Steven Lee Williams guilty of murder in the first degree.

The questions presented on this appeal require only a brief summary of the facts. The following statement is taken essentially from appellant’s brief:

On January 30, 1971, Steven Lee Williams was an 18-year-old Army private on weekend leave from Fort Leonard Wood. He was staying with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Johnson, in rural Lawrence County, Missouri, in the vicinity of Pierce City. He was the product of a broken home…