State v. Williams

MORGAN, Judge.

Appellant was charged by information in lieu of indictment in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri, with capital murder for the killing of her husband, Gilbert Williams. Sec. 565.001, RSMo 1978. She was convicted of capital murder and sentenced by the jury to life imprisonment without possibility of probation or parole for fifty years. Jurisdiction for this appeal lies in this Court by virtue of Art. V, § 3, Mo. Const.

There being no challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction, only a brief recitation of the facts is necessary. Gilbert and…