State v. Clifton

Appellant, Elbert Clifton, was found guilty by a jury in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis of Murder in the Second Degree, § 559.020 RSMo. 1969, but the jury could not agree on the sentence, and the trial court sentenced him to fifty years in the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections. §§ 559.030 and 550.090(3) RSMo. 1969. He appeals.

No challenge is made to the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury verdict. Because of the refusal of the trial court to read to the jury panel, prior to the commencement of the voir dire examination, MAI-CR 1.02 we are compelled to…