State v. Odum

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Tead Odum was found guilty of homicide in the perpetration of arson, declared to be first degree murder, Section 559.010 RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He has appealed from the ensuing judgment but has filed no brief in this court. We look to the valid assignments of error in the motion for new trial. Supreme Court Rule 28.02, V.A.M.R.

Appellant first challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict. Appellant, who was 93 or 94 years of age at the time of trial, lived in a trailer near De Soto, Missouri, about three-fourths…