State v. Richardson

BOHLING, Commissioner.

This is an appeal by Herbert Richardson from a judgment imposing a sentence of life imprisonment in accordance with the verdict of a jury on a charge, under the Habitual Criminal Act (§ 556.280) of the murder in the second degree (§§ 559.020, 559.030) of Clay Greer Phelps. (Statutory references are to R.S.Mo.1949 and V.A. M.S.) No brief has been filed on behalf of defendant. We are convinced defendant’s lengthy motion for new trial contains many assertions counsel would not have carried forward in a brief. The main complaints are against the admission of certain evidence…