State v. Brown

BARDGETT, Judge.

Defendant-appellant Marcella Brown appealed to the court of appeals, St. Louis district, from her conviction of murder in the second degree and twenty-five year sentence. A three-judge panel of the court of appeals, by opinion, reversed and remanded the case for error in refusing to permit defense counsel to interrogate the jury panel on voir dire with reference to self-defense and held that defendant did not waive her objection by “accepting the jury” in the manner that appears infra, one judge dissenting. Thereafter, and on application of respondent, this court transferred…