State v. Kinder

KELLY, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction of manslaughter after a jury trial. The jury was unable to agree on the punishment, and the Court imposed a sentence of five years in the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections.

On appeal the appellant contends that the trial court committed error in the following respects:

1. in allowing a Missouri State Highway Trooper to testify as a ballistics expert and render an opinion that a bullet fragment which was removed from the skull of the victim was fired from appellant’s gun;

2. in failing to sustain appellant’s motion for a directed…