State v. Martin

WEIER, Presiding Judge.

Upon trial for a charge of murder in the first degree, defendant Robert Lee Martin was determined to be guilty of second degree murder and the jury assessed his punishment at twenty years imprisonment. He now appeals from the judgment and sentence imposed in accordance with this verdict.

Facts favorable to the verdict indicated that on the evening of August 14, 1973 at approximately 8:30 p. m. the victim, Paul Adam Bruemmer, age 60 years, was walking on the sidewalk in the 5100 block of Delmar Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri. He was accosted by the defendant and another…