State v. Schulten

Appellant, convicted of second degree murder, was sentenced under the Second Offender Act, § 556.280, RSMo., to 30 years imprisonment. His appeal, filed in the Missouri Supreme Court, was transferred here under the provisions of Missouri Constitution, Art. 5, § 3, as amended 1970.

We are confronted at the outset by appellant’s failure to comply with the rules of appellate procedure as to content and form of the brief. Rule 84.04(c), V.A. M.R., made applicable in criminal cases by Rule 28.18, requires “a fair and concise statement of the facts relevant to the questions presented for…