State v. Tyson

HYDE, .P.J.

Defendant was .found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. Pie has appealed but filed no brief. It is, therefore, our duty to examine the record and consider the assignments of error in defendant’s motion for new trial. (Sec. 547.270 [653] RSMo. Y.A.M.S.; Sup. Ct. Rule 28.02; State v. Miller, 357 Mo. 353, 208 S. W. (2d) 194.) There are 17 assignments in his motion.

We-find iio error in-the record proper. Assignments 6, 12 and 16 raise questions of the sufficiency of the'evidence and defendant’s right to a directed verdict. These…