State v. O'NEAL

J. DORR EWING, Special Judge.

This is an appeal by Charles Wayne O’Neal, who was charged with murder in the first degree, for the killing of his wife, Wanda O’Neal. He was tried in the Circuit Court of Audrain County and convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at ten years’ imprisonment.

Appellant was ably represented at his trial, and in this appeal, by counsel of his own choosing.

The appellant first asserts that the Court erred in admitting into evidence a statement made by the defendant “at the scene,” admittedly without any “Miranda” warning.

“The…