State v. Denson

ROBERT R. WELBORN, Special Judge.

Judgment of conviction and sentence to life imprisonment was entered on jury verdict finding Robert Louis Denson, Jr., guilty of murder in the first degree. Den-son appeals.

On March 10, 1976, in an attempted robbery of the North Hills Bank in Clay County, Missouri, a bank guard, Warren Jack-man, was shot and killed. The appellant was arrested and charged, along with others, under the felony murder statute. § 559.010, RSMo 1969. Inasmuch as the primary factual issue presented on this appeal is whether or not Denson’s testimony warranted the submission of his…