Legal Opinion
State v. Kerr
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided November 3, 1975No. KCD 27292PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDREW JACKSON HIGGINS, Special Judge.
Roy Lee Kerr was convicted by a jury of murder, first degree, and his punishment was assessed at life imprisonment. Sentence and judgment were rendered accordingly. §§ 559.010, 559.030, RSMo 1969, V.A. M.S.
Appellant does not question the sufficiency of evidence to sustain his conviction, and a jury reasonably could find a case of murder, first degree, from the following facts in evidence:
On November 9, 1972, Carlos W. Rollins, night auditor at Holiday Inn (South), Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, was found shot to death near a safe in an office…
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3Cited by22 opinions
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