State v. Boyd

256 S.W.2d 765 (1953)

STATE

v.

BOYD.

No. 43348.

Supreme Court of Missouri, en Banc.

March 9, 1953.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 1953.

Milton M. Metz, Director, Public Defender Bureau, Joseph Noskay, Assistant Director, Public Defender Bureau, St. Louis, for appellant.

J. E. Taylor, Atty. Gen., D. D. Guffey, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

TIPTON, Judge.

In the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, Missouri, the appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and his punishment assessed at death.

In his brief and oral argument in this court appellant makes only two assignments of error. He has,…