State v. Pinkston

On the 23rd day of May, 1933, in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, the appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and his punishment fixed at death. He has properly perfected his appeal to this court.

No question is raised as to the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict, therefore, it will not be necessary to state the evidence, other than to say that the appellant was engaged in the commission of robbery during which Willie Frierson was killed.

I. Complaint is made of the closing argument of the State’s attorney. He, in effect, said that Mr. Garner,…