State v. Smith

KELLY, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree on May 23, 1973 and the trial court assessed a sentence of 25 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections on the following day, May 24, 1973, and granted his counsel an additional 10 days to file a Motion for New Trial. On June 13, 1973, defendant’s counsel filed a Motion for New Trial and on June 15, 1973, the motion was argued, allocution was afforded the defendant, and the trial court sentenced him to confinement in the Department of Corrections for a period of 25 years. Immediately thereafter defendant’s motion to…