STATE v. BLANKENSHIP

No. 9898.

526 S.W.2d 78 (1975)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Gene Elmer BLANKENSHIP, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Springfield District.

July 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Mark D. Mittleman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Frederick E. Steck, Sikeston, for appellant.


BILLINGS, Chief Judge.

Defendant Gene Elmer Blankenship was convicted of stealing "Baby", a 500 pound Duroc sow, and her three gilts from their Ripley County pen, and the jury fixed his punishment at two years in the penitentiary. He contends error was committed in denying him a continuance of his trial and asserts his inculpatory statements to officers should have been excluded from evidence because they were involuntary. We affirm.

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