State v. Cason

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Timothy Paul Cason, age 16, was found guilty of capital murder, § 565.001 RSMo 1978, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. A jury reasonably could find that on September 11, 1977, while highly intoxicated appellant was involved in a one-car accident. He was later taken home by his mother and the sheriff of Daviess County. Appellant’s mother attempted, without success, to get him to go to bed, and the sheriff stated that he would return the following day to talk to him. After obtaining appellant’s driver’s…