State v. Mee

DOWD, Presiding Judge.

Stephen Arthur Mee was found guilty of manslaughter [§ 565.005, RSMo 1978] by a jury and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. Defendant appeals.

The state’s evidence showed that around 9:30 p.m. on June 16,1979, thirteen-year-old Mark Jones and several companions were playing near a church and the apartment complex where most of the boys lived. Behind a fence twelve to fifteen feet from the boys, a male voice said something to the effect of: “Do you black kids want to die?” or “Do you niggers want to die?” or “Do you niggers want to get shot?” Running away from the fence…