State v. Ayers

470 S.W.2d 534 (1971)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent,

v.

Robert Lee AYERS, Appellant.

No. 52911.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

September 13, 1971.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Gene E. Voigts, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles A. Blackmar, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Elliott & Marks, Murry A. Marks, Forriss D. Elliott, St. Louis, for appellant.

DONNELLY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a six-year sentence, imposed under the Second Offender Act, upon a jury verdict finding appellant, Robert Lee Ayers, guilty of manslaughter. V.A.M.S. § 559.070. In this opinion, which is written on…