State v. Kellar

Defendant was charged by information in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County with the crime of murder in the first degree for the killing in said county of one Etta Sauer. Upon arraignment he entered a plea of not guilty. Later he withdrew that plea and entered a plea of guilty. The court assessed the death penalty. Defendant filed motion asking leave to withdraw his plea of guilty and plead not guilty, which after a hearing the court denied. Defendant was then duly sentenced to death upon his plea of guilty. There is no error in the record proper. Defendant appeals, charging error in the…