State v. Smith
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
STOCKARD, Commissioner.
Mildred Smith has appealed from the judgment entered pursuant to jury verdict whereby she was found guilty of first degree murder as then defined in § 559.010 RSMo 1969 (now repealed), and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The recital of certain procedural background is essential. Appellant was charged on October 14, 1974, with the murder of Carl Henry “Cotton” Smith, her husband. A verdict of guilty was entered on January 9, 1975. There was no timely motion for new trial, and after allocution, judgment was entered. Thereafter, what is now the Missouri Court of Appeals,…
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