State v. McQueen

J. DONALD MURPHY, Special Judge.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis on October 2, 1964, and sentenced to imprisonment for life. The conviction was affirmed by Division One of this court (State v. McQueen, 399 S.W.2d 3) but the affirmance was set aside because the defendant, an indigent, was not furnished counsel upon appeal. Able counsel, appointed by the trial court, has now briefed and argued the case anew, alleging errors neither raised in the motion for new trial nor considered by this court on the prior hearing.

Defendant…