State v. Brookshire

WESTHUES, Judge.

In June, 1961, the defendant W. A. Brookshire was tried in the Circuit Court of Cooper County, Missouri, on a charge of murder in the first degree. A jury fouhd him guilty of murder in the second degreé and assessed his punishment at ten years' imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. A motion for new trial was filed and overruled. Thereafter, the court entered a judgment and sentenced the defendant in accordance with the verdict. Defendant appealed from the judgment to this court.

The information filed in the Circuit Court of Boone County, Missouri, alleged that Brookshire did…