STATE v. WOOTEN

No. 57367.

498 S.W.2d 562 (1973)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. James Arthur WOOTEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

September 10, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., G. Michael O'Neal, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Jack L. Koehr, St. Louis, for appellant.


FINCH, Judge.

Defendant was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to imprisonment for three years. We have jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was filed before January 1, 1972, at a time when we had jurisdiction of all felony appeals. We retain such cases for decision. Art. V, § 31, Mo. Const. V.A.M.S.

The single issue presented on appeal is whether defendant's own evidence that the gun went off...

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