Legal Opinion
State v. Jones
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided January 27, 1987No. 50522PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRANDALL, Judge.
Defendant, Verna Mae Jones, appeals from her conviction, after a jury trial, of capital murder, § 565.001 RSMo (1978). She was sentenced to imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole for 50 years. We affirm.
Defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence showed that defendant worked as a housekeeper for an elderly widow, Mrs. Virginia O’Brien (victim). Defendant’s niece testified that defendant had told her that she planned to kill the victim because the victim had confronted her about…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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