State v. Vidauri

EAGER, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was indicted jointly with six others for the murder of Walter Lee Donnell during the riot at the Missouri Penitentiary on September 22, 1954. All of the defendants, as well as the deceased, were then inmates of the penitentiary. A severance was granted to defendant, and his case was transferred to St. Charles County upon change of venue. At his trial in September, 1955, he was found guilty of First Degree Murder and sentenced to imprisonment for life. A motion for new trial was filed and overruled and this appeal was taken. No brief has been filed here by…