State v. Loston

234 S.W.2d 535 (1950)

STATE

v.

LOSTON.

No. 41934.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

November 13, 1950.

Rehearing Denied December 11, 1950.

Morris A. Shenker, St. Louis, for appellant.

J. E. Taylor, Atty. Gen., R. Wilson Barrow, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

LOZIER, Commissioner.

Appellant (hereinafter called defendant) was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. On this appeal she assigns: insufficiency of the evidence; improper admission of evidence; failure to instruct as to suicide, self-defense and circumstantial evidence; and erroneous instructions as to…