STATE v. HAYES

No. 56044.

473 S.W.2d 688 (1971)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Elmer Richard HAYES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

December 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Neil MacFarlane, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

J. Richard Roberts, G. William Weier, Dearing, Richeson, Roberts & Wegmann, Hillsboro, for defendant-appellant.


STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Appellant, Elmer Richard Hayes, was charged in separate informations with murder in the first degree of Thomas Jasper Hayes and Dorothy Hayes. Although the last names are the same, the victims were of no relation to appellant. The two cases were consolidated for trial, and appellant was found guilty of both murders and sentenced to life imprisonment on each charge.

From the evidence, including the contents of a confession, a jury reasonably...

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