State v. Gresham

BARDGETT, Judge.

Appellant Mitchell Gresham was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree based on robbery, § 565.003, RSMo 1978, and sentenced to life imprisonment, § 565.-008.2, RSMo 1978. Jurisdiction of the appeal is in this Court. Mo.Const. art. V, § 3.

An abbreviated factual statement will suffice as the decisive point on appeal concerns the selection of the jury panel.

On January 2, 1981, appellant and two others robbed a store in Shannon County, Missouri, and during the robbery Thelma Searcy was killed and her husband Benny was shot but recovered. Appellant was charged with…