State v. Wells

BARDGETT, Judge.

Appellant Ricky Lee Wells was charged with second-degree murder (§ 565.004, RSMo 1978) in the death of Gary Pierce. Appellant was convicted of manslaughter (§ 565.005, RSMo 1978) and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. Appellant appealed and after opinion in the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, this Court ordered the cause transferred on appellant’s motion.

Appellant’s assignments of error include the trial court’s failure to grant a mistrial as the result of the state’s failure to disclose an admission of guilt by appellant pursuant to Rule 25.03 (former Rule…