State v. Walker

WASSERSTROM, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by jury of manslaughter. His brief on appeal seriously offends Rule 84.04(c) and (d). Nevertheless, we review this appeal as a matter of grace, find no reversible error and therefore affirm.

The jury could reasonably find from the evidence the following facts beyond a reasonable doubt. On the evening of May 22, 1981, defendant and his wife Wanda did a considerable amount of drinking, and during the evening quarrels occurred between them. They returned very late to the mobile trailer park in which they lived, and when they…