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STATE v. LEWIS

No. KCD 27127.

539 S.W.2d 451 (1975)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Samuel LEWIS, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied August 5, 1975.

Application to Transfer Denied October 21, 1975.

Modified October 24, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willard B. Bunch, Public Defender, E. L. Messina, Asst. Public Defender, Kansas City, for appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Charles B. Blackmar, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Louis, for respondent.

Before SWOFFORD, P. J., and WELBORN and HIGGINS, Special JJ.

Modified on Court's Own Motion October 24, 1975.

SWOFFORD, Presiding Judge.

A jury found the defendant guilty of first degree murder and fixed his punishment at life imprisonment. After an unavailing motion for a new trial, he appeals, raising a single point upon which he seeks reversal. He charges the trial court with error in refusing to give his proffered cautionary instruction to the jury covering the testimony of accomplices.

The instruction refused...

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