State v. Aubuchon

HIGGINS, Commissioner.

Arthur R. Aubuchon, indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree of Dennis Sass, was convicted of murder, second degree, and the jury fixed his .punishment at seventy-five years’ imprisonment. Section 559:030 RSMo 1959, V. A.M.S. Sentence and judgment followed and defendant has appealed. He has filed no brief so we review assignments of error properly preserved In the motion for new trial. State v. Kukovich, Mo., 380 S.W.2d 324, 325[1]. Our statement will be brief because it is not contended that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the conviction.

Appellant…