State v. Martin
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Judge.
Defendant appeals from her conviction by a jury of manslaughter and sentence by the court of ten years imprisonment under the then applicable second offender act. Sec. 556.280 R.S.Mo.1969.
Defendant raises several issues on appeal but we are confronted initially with a matter of plain error arising from the decision in State v. Handley, 585 S.W.2d 458 (Mo. banc 1979) which decision was handed down after the appeal was taken and after appellant’s brief was filed. Defendant was charged with the killing of Gladys O’Brien on September 19, 1977, by causing her to suffer burns and smoke…
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