State v. Dupree

MORGAN, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of first degree murder under the felony-murder doctrine, Section 559.010 RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S., and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Although there is no dispute as to the facts, it is necessary to detail somewhat the state’s evidence in order to consider the grounds for reversal now submitted.

David Washington, the deceased, had been employed several years prior to his death as a security guard at Feingerts’ Market in the City of St. Louis. On the evening of October 22, 1969, Mr. Feingerts was working at the check-out counter in his store. In…