State v. Taylor

589 S.W.2d 302 (1979)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent,

v.

Johnnie TAYLOR, Appellant.

No. 61269.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

November 14, 1979.

Rehearing Denied December 6, 1979.

Richard Burke, Asst. Public Defender, St. Louis, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Kristie Green, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

This case was transferred by order of this Court after opinion by the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District. It was argued and submitted here on September 12, 1979. The opinion of Judge George F. Gunn, Jr., in the Court of Appeals is adopted, substantially as…