State v. Cook

428 S.W.2d 728 (1968)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent,

v.

Jessie Theodore COOK, Appellant.

No. 52924.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

June 10, 1968.

Norman H. Anderson, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Brunson Hollingsworth, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Hillsboro, for respondent.

William H. Wendt, Springfield, for appellant.

PRITCHARD, Commissioner.

Appellant claims that the state's verdict-directing instruction (No. 7) ignored his defense of self-defense in this case of conviction of Assault with Intent to Kill with Malice Aforethought. Upon verdict of the jury and a finding that appellant was a second…