State v. Price

WELBORN, Commissioner.

Appeal from judgment of conviction for murder in the first degree and sentence of life imprisonment, entered on jury verdict.

Shortly after 6:00 P.M. on January 29, 1971, Charles Rodriquez, 15 years old, his sister Christine, 14, and his brother David, 13, were on their way to a volleyball game at Immanuel Lutheran School, located at 42nd and Tracy, in Kansas City. When they arrived at the corner of 42nd and *394Tracy, three persons came up behind them. One of them pushed Charles to the ground and demanded money. When Charles said he had no money, the man fired the gun into…