State v. Hunter

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

Defendant James C. Hunter appeals his convictions of two counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated kidnapping, one count of aggravated robbery, one count of aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, and one count of aggravated battery. Hunter raises numerous issues, among them that the trial judge committed reversible error by refusing Hunter’s requested instruction on his defense of compulsion. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

In February 1985 James C. Hunter, a resident of Amoret, Missouri, was hitchhiking from Texas…