State v. Morley

FLANIGAN, Judge.

A jury found defendant Christopher Morley guilty of voluntary manslaughter, *67(§ 565.023),1 and he was sentenced to imprisonment for seven years. Defendant appeals.

The charge arose out of an incident which occurred on November 27, 1986, in Poplar Bluff. The victim, William Dorian, 19, was fatally stabbed by defendant during an altercation between Dorian on the one hand, and defendant, 17, and his three companions on the other. The companions were Walter Painter, 16, Jody Fouts, and George Morley, 20. Fouts’ age does not appear in the record, but he is older than Painter.

Defendant…