STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 35713.

522 S.W.2d 327 (1975)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Willie Lee WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division Two.

April 8, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Philip M. Koppe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Brendan Ryan, Circuit Atty., Henry J. Fredericks, Asst. Circuit Atty., St. Louis, for respondent.

Charles D. Kitchin, Public Defender, Michael C. Horn, James C. Jones, Asst. Public Defenders, St. Louis, for appellant.


CLEMENS, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was tried and convicted of murdering Michael Johnson and robbing Johnson's wife, Dorothy. The trial court sentenced defendant to consecutive terms of life imprisonment and twenty-five years. We affirm.

Murder was submitted on two theories: felony-murder and first-degree murder in common form. Defendant concedes he did not challenge either submission below. He now seeks reversal under the plain error rule, which requires...

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