State v. Merritt

TURNAGE, Judge.

Larry J. Merritt was convicted by a jury of carrying a concealed weapon, § 564.610, RSMo 1969, and sentenced by the court under the Second Offender Act to imprisonment for four years.

On this appeal Merritt raises the decisive issue of the failure of the court to discharge a venireman for cause. Reversed and remanded.

Merritt does not dispute the sufficiency of the evidence so a recitation of facts is not necessary except to observe that Merritt was the driver of an automobile which struck another car. A police officer observed the incident and approached Merritt’s car and asked…