State v. Patterson

STEWART, Judge.

Warded Hardin Patterson, Jr., who was convicted of murder in the second degree by a jury and sentenced to twenty-five years in the penitentiary, appeals from that judgment. The only assignment of error is the admission in evidence of a portion of his voluntary statement given to law enforcement officers. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

There is no question as to the sufficiency of the evidence, thus a brief statement of the facts will suffice. Defendant returned to Mexico, Missouri, his hometown, for a visit. On the evening of January 19, 1969, he and his “wife” went to…