State v. Allen
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Grundy Circuit Court. — Now. L. B. Woods, Judge. (1) The trial court erred in refusing defendant’s offered instruction numbered eleven on manslaughter and erred in failing and refusing to instruct properly on manslaughter.
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Appeal from Grundy Circuit Court. — Now. L. B. Woods, Judge. (1) The trial court erred in refusing defendant’s offered instruction numbered eleven on manslaughter and erred in failing and refusing to instruct properly on manslaughter. State v. Turner, 246 Mo. 598; State v. Conley, 255 Mo. 185; State v. Wilson, 242 Mo. 481; State v. Sebastian, 215 Mo. 59; State v. Hanson, 231 Mo. 14; State v. Heath, 221 Mo. 565; State v. Gordon, 191 Mo. 114; State v. Vest, 254 Mo. 466; State v. Grugin, 147 Mo. 39, 50; State v. Brown, 188 Mo. 451; State v. Mer-mann, 117 Mo. 629; State v. Winsell, 98 Mo. 137;…
1Opinion of the Court
On November 6, 1919, the prosecuting attorney of Grundy County, Missouri, filed, in the circuit court of said county, his verified information, charging defendant with murder in the first degree. It is alleged therein that defendant feloniously, etc., shot and killed Leota Marrs, in said county, on October 13, 1919. On February 5, 1920, defendant waived a formal arraignment and entered a plea of not guilty. On February 7th, 1920, after a trial before a jury, the latter returned into court the following verdict:
"We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of murder in the second degree, and assess…
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