State v. Carter

DOWD, Special Judge.

Defendant, Edgar Carter, was convicted in a jury-tried case of murder in the second degree, § 565.004 RSMo 1978, and sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm.

The facts adduced at trial are as follows: On May 15, 1979, the body of the victim, Orethia Haney, was found wrapped in a plastic Jones store bag and bed sheet with her feet tied together by an electrical cord. Lydell Thomas who eventually became a witness for the state in the case at bar was originally charged and convicted of the murder. The charges and conviction were later dismissed.

At this trial Thomas testified…