State v. Burton

CLARK, Chief Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of the offenses of murder in the second degree and armed criminal action. She was sentenced in accordance with the recommendation of the jury to life imprisonment on the charge of murder and three years on the charge of armed criminal action. The judgment and sentences are affirmed.

Those facts which are undisputed were that appellant, the victim, Gloria Bailey, and one Joyce Smith were on a street corner in Kansas City on an August evening drinking whiskey. An argument commenced and appellant and Joyce armed with bottles were about to…