STATE v. ODUM

No. 48173.

351 S.W.2d 10 (1961)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Tead ODUM, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

November 13, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hale W. Brown, Kirkwood, for appellant.

Thomas F. Eagleton, Atty. Gen., Theodore C. Beckett, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Tead Odum was found guilty of homicide in the perpetration of arson, declared to be first degree murder, Section 559.010 RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He has appealed from the ensuing judgment but has filed no brief in this court. We look to the valid assignments of error in the motion for new trial. Supreme Court Rule 28.02, V.A.M.R.

Appellant first challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support...

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