State v. Taylor

Appellant, Floyd (Buoy) Taylor, and his brother Ralph were charged by an information filed in the Circuit Court of Ozark County with the murder of Palmer Gilliland. Appellant was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of his natural life. From this sentence he appealed. At the close of all the evidence the trial court directed a verdict of acquittal as to the defendant Ralph Taylor. This was the third trial of the case. In the two previous trials the jurors were unable to agree upon a verdict.

[1] Appellant has not filed a…