State v. Davis

MANFORD, Presiding Judge.

This is a direct appeal from a judgment entered in accordance with a jury conviction for murder, second degree, in violation of § 565.004, RSMo 1978. The judgment is affirmed.

Appellant presents two points, charging trial court error in (1) submitting to the jury the charge of murder, second degree when he (appellant) was charged with murder, first degree, and (2) failing to sustain appellant’s motion to quash the jury panel because the selection of jurors in Jackson County, Missouri is based upon a method which systematically excludes prospective black jurors.

There is…