Legal Opinion
State v. Kemper
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided December 31, 1975No. KCD 27015PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT R. WELBORN, Special Judge.
On a change of venue from Nodaway County, a jury in the Platte County Circuit Court found Benedict Kemper guilty on four counts of murder in the first degree. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on each conviction. He appeals from such sentence and judgment.
On October 11, 1972, the bodies of Marion Merrigan and Kathleen Merrigan, husband and wife, and of their children, William and Helen Merrigan, were found in their home near Conception, Missouri. All had died of gunshot wounds from a .22 caliber rifle. The attention of law enforcement officers focused on…
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