Legal Opinion
State v. Letterman
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided July 30, 1980No. 10725PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOGAN, Judge.
This appeal involves the infanticide reported in State v. Morris, 564 S.W.2d 303 (Mo.App.1978). A jury has now found defendant Carol Jean Letterman guilty of second-degree murder in causing the death of her child and has assessed her punishment at imprisonment for a term of 20 years. Defendant appeals.
In this court, the defendant has briefed eight or nine assignments of error, depending on how one subdivides them. Four of the assignments of error demand analysis and consideration. The others reflect admirable compliance with State v. Gates, 466 S.W.2d 681 (Mo.1971), but raise no…
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