State v. Buckner

Appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, of the crime of murder in the second degree. His punishment was fixed at ten years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. Being denied a new trial, he appealed from the sentence imposed by the court in accordance with the verdict of the jury.

The State's evidence disclosed the following: The deceased, Ernest Buchanan, and his family lived a short distance from the home of appellant. Deceased's children had, on a number of occasions, visited a family living in the same building occupied by appellant. Trouble followed…