State v. Rennert

HIGGINS, Commissioner.

Ray James Rennert was convicted by a jury of murder, first degree. His punishment was assessed at life imprisonment, and sentence and judgment were rendered accordingly. § 559.010, RSMo 1969, V.A. M.S. (Appeal taken August 3, 1972; jurisdiction retained pursuant to order April 9, 1973.)

Appellant does not question the sufficiency of evidence to sustain his conviction ; and the evidence, including a confession in his own handwriting, would permit the jury reasonably to find: that on November 11, 1971, in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, Ray James Rennert deliberately…