State v. Rowlett

WELBORN, Commissioner.

Appeal from judgment of conviction and sentence to life imprisonment, entered on jury verdict finding Sidney B. Rowlett guilty of murder in the first degree.

In June, 1969, Sidney B. Rowlett stopped by a tavern owned and operated by Mrs. Janet Pund. The tavern, known as Pund’s Cozy Corner, was located three miles north of Wentzville, at the junction of Routes 61 and P. Rowlett told Mrs. Pund he was “Sid from Evansville” and that if she ever needed any drugs to give him a call. In September 1969, Mrs. Pund placed a call to Rowlett in Evansville, Indiana, and told him that…