State v. Randall

WELBORN, Commissioner.

Appeal from court-fixed 20-year sentence for murder, second degree, after jury found appellant guilty of such offense, but could not agree upon punishment.

At approximately 1:00 A.M., August 19, 1970, Russel Rolland Randall was shot, while in his residence in Seneca, Missouri. The .22 caliber bullet which struck him caused his death almost instantly. The weapon from which the bullet was fired was, according to the state’s evidence, in the *594hands of the appellant, Virginia C. Randall, the wife of the deceased. The death of Russel was the culmination of a stormy 18-year…