State v. Fears

HIGGINS, Judge.

Roger Lee Fears, charged with murder in the second degree, § 565.021, RSMo 1986, was convicted by a jury of voluntary manslaughter, § 565.023, RSMo 1986. The jury assessed punishment at imprisonment for a term of twelve years; the court entered judgment accordingly. Fears challenges the sufficiency of evidence to support his conviction and questions the trial court’s appointment of the prosecuting attorney from a neighboring county as a special assistant prosecuting attorney in this case. Affirmed.

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