State v. Boyer

In the Circuit Court of Jackson County defendant, appellant, was convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of W. Dale Sandford, sentenced to death and has appealed. He was represented below by counsel appointed for him by the court but has filed no brief in this court. We must, therefore, look to the motion for new trial for the grounds on which reversal is sought.

The State's evidence tends to show the following:

The deceased, W. Dale Sandford, who was about thirty years of age, lived with his mother in Kansas City, Kansas. He belonged to a military organization, referred to as…