State v. Cook

HERBERT C. CASTEEL, Special Judge.

Appellant (hereafter defendant) was charged with the second degree murder of William Anthony Sater, an infant of 18 months, and after a jury-waived trial was found guilty and sentenced to a term of 25 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. On this appeal he asserts 5 points of error which may be summarized as follows: (1) that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction because of the lack of any evidence of premeditation and intent to kill; (2) that defendant’s verbal and written statements were erroneously admitted because they were…