State v. Granberry

GUNN, Judge.

Defendant-appellant James Cranberry appeals from his second conviction for the first degree murder of University City police officer Wilber Downey. In 1971, defendant was convicted of the murder of Officer Downey and his punishment assessed at death, but on appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court the judgment of conviction was reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial.1 On the second trial, defendant was again convicted of the first degree murder of Officer Downey and sentenced to life imprisonment. On this appeal of his second conviction, defendant raises six points of alleged…