State v. Higgins

RENDLEN, Judge.

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Convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, defendant sought reversal in the Court of Appeals, Western District, but the cause was transferred here by that court on its own motion prior to opinion.1 Considering the case as though on original appeal, we affirm.

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The facts related by defendant in his written confession are these: On the evening of February 11,1977, Higgins who had been drinking heavily, met his friend Eddie Bowman at an arcade on North Cherry Street in North Kansas City and announced that he was broke and wanted “to pull a robbery.” He…