State v. Brauch

ALDEN A. STOCKARD, Special Judge.

Donald Brauch, charged with murder in the first degree was found guilty thereof by a jury and sentenced to the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections for Life.

Appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. We need only relate that from the evidence a jury reasonably could find that in Lincoln County, Missouri, on February 10, 1973, appellant shot and killed Dennis Wayne Cox under circumstances that would constitute murder in the first degree.

Appellant first asserts that it was error for the trial court to permit the testimony of…