State v. Richards

JOSEPH J. SIMEONE, Senior Judge.

I

Appellant, Jeffrey J. Richards, was charged by information in lieu of indictment with second degree murder, § 565.021.1 RSMo 1986, 1 and convicted by a jury of voluntary manslaughter § 565.023.1 RSMo 1986. 2 He was sentenced by the court as a prior offender to ten years imprisonment with the Department of Corrections and Human Resources. Sections 558.016 and 557.036.4, RSMo 1986. We affirm.

II

The evidence adduced at trial, held in December 1988, most favorable to the verdict was as follows. Appellant was charged with second degree murder for the killing of the…