State v. Pride

567 S.W.2d 426 (1978)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent,

v.

R. V. PRIDE, Appellant.

No. 39137.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division One.

May 9, 1978.

O. J. Gibson, Cape Girardeau, for appellant.

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Paul R. Otto, Chief Counsel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, William L. Syler, Jr., Sp. Prosecutor, Cape Girardeau, for respondent.

SMITH, Judge.

This case reaches the writer on reassignment. An opinion was originally prepared by Judge McMillian which failed of acceptance by a majority of the division. With the exception of the portion of this opinion dealing…