State v. Edwards

SEILER, Judge.

David Edwards was convicted of capital murder, § 565.001, RSMo 1978, and sentenced to imprisonment for life without eligibility for probation or parole for fifty years. Section 565.008, RSMo 1978. Jurisdiction is in this Court pursuant to Mo. Const, art. V, § 3.

On January 16, 1980, defendant was present at the home of the Stone family in St. Louis, where he was residing, shooting dice in a bedroom with Larry Jackson and the victim Coleman. Johnnie Peete and Darnell Stone were watching. An argument broke out over the way Coleman was throwing the dice, and the game ended.…