State v. Chambers

SOMERVILLE, Judge.

Defendant was charged under the Second Offender Act with assault with intent to kill with malice aforethought (§ 559.180, RSMo 1969). He was found guilty by a jury as charged and the court, after making the requisite findings relative to the Second Offender Act, fixed, his punishment at fifteen years confinement in the Department of Corrections.

Defendant duly appealed and in pressing this court for relief charges three instances of alleged error. First, due to an allegedly improper arraignment, the trial court lacked jurisdiction to try the case. Second, the trial court…