STATE v. SUTTON

No. 53791.

454 S.W.2d 481 (1969)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Helen SUTTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2. En Banc.

As Corrected and Dissenting Opinions March 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Gene E. Veigts, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City,

Richard K. Wilson, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Springfield, for respondent.

Edward A. Glenn, Jackson L. Smith, Louisiana, for appellant.


BARRETT, Commissioner.

Charged with murder in the shooting of her husband, a jury found the appellant, Helen Frances Sutton, guilty "of involuntary manslaughter by reason of culpable negligence" and fixed her punishment at two years' imprisonment.

Lonnie Sutton and Helen had both been previously married and three of her children, boys 7 and 8 and Julia, age 15, lived with them. It should be interpolated that, especially after beer drinking bouts, Lonnie's...

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