State v. Barr

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of Walter Milton. The jury assessed his punishment at death. He was sentenced accordingly and has appealed. This is the second appeal in this case. Upon the first trial appellant received a like sentence. We reversed that judgment and remanded the case for certain errors in the instructions. [See State v. Barr, 336 Mo. 300, 78 S.W.2d 104.]

Appellant has filed no brief in this court. From the State's brief we adopt the following short and succinct statement of the facts, which may be considered supplemented by the statement…