State v. Ludwig

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Larry Arthur Ludwig, appellant herein, was charged with first degree murder (§ 565.003, RSMo 1978, now repealed) in the death of Hardy Burton Wright, and with an assault on Bluford Wright with intent to rob with malice aforethought, (§ 559.180 RSMo 1969, now repealed). He was found guilty by a jury of both charges and was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder and to imprisonment for two years for the assault, the sentences to be served concurrently. He has appealed from the sentences and judgment.

In his first point appellant asserts that the court erred in…