State v. Thompson

STORCKMAN, Judge.

The defendant, Douglas Wayne Thompson, was tried in the Circuit Court of Bol-linger County on change of venue from Cape, Girardeau County and was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree. The court found that the defendant had been convicted of a prior felony and fixed his punishment at death. The defendant’s motion for new trial was overruled and he has appealed. The victim of the homicide was Herbert L. Goss, a police officer of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

In the trial court the defendant was represented by counsel who. has also briefed the case in this…