State v. Selman

BARRETT, Commissioner.

In an information appropriately charging the offense, it was alleged that on April 4, 1964, the appellant Alonzo V. Selman with malice aforethought and intent to kill, shot at Clifford O. Dempsey, a policeman. Section 559.180. RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S.; State v. Broyles, 317 Mo. 284, 295 S.W. 550. A jury found Alonzo guilty as charged and fixed his punishment at ten years’ imprisonment.

In brief the circumstances adduced by the state were that on April 4, 1964, at 3:30 a. m. uniformed officers Dempsey and Foote and their dog Silver War of the K-9 Corps were parked in the middle…