State v. Emerson

DONALD BARNES, Special Judge.

Upon trial by jury, appellant was convicted of capital murder, December 23, 1979, in the Circuit Court for the City of St. Louis and following denial of his motion for a new trial, he was sentenced to life imprisonment without eligibility for parole for 50 years. This appeal was taken. We affirm.

The essential facts are as follows. By his fiance, appellant was introduced to and hired by one Judy Elsea to kill Elsea’s employer who she feared was about to cause her to be prosecuted for her embezzlement of substantial sums of money from him. Appellant agreed to…