State v. Washington

320 S.W.2d 565 (1959)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent,

v.

William WASHINGTON, Appellant.

No. 47247.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

February 9, 1959.

Clarence E. Godfrey, St. Louis, for appellant.

John M. Dalton, Atty. Gen., James E. Conway, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

BOHLING, Commissioner.

William Washington was charged with the murder of Vanderbilt B. Montgomery, was convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to five years' imprisonment. Defendant has appealed. He has filed no brief. The main complaints in his motion for new trial relate to the admission and exclusion of evidence,…