State v. Morgan

592 S.W.2d 796 (1980)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent,

v.

Dennis Lee MORGAN, Appellant.

No. 61504.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

January 15, 1980.

Rehearing Denied February 11, 1980.

Cynthia S. Holmes, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, St. Louis, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Steve Garrett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

MORGAN, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in one trial of stealing over $50 and second degree (felony) murder. The victim was killed when the car in which she was a passenger was struck by a car driven by appellant, who was seeking to elude police in a…