State v. Valentine

HENLEY, Presiding Judge.

Walter Valentine, defendant, has appealed 1 from a judgment sentencing him to imprisonment for life on his conviction of first degree murder on November 4, 1971. We affirm.

Defendant was charged by indictment with intentionally and deliberately killing Floyd Jordan by shooting him with a pistol on January 19, 1971, in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. His pleas were not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect excluding responsibility. A jury found him guilty and assessed his punishment at life imprisonment.

The questions raised on this appeal involve…