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STATE v. CHAPMAN

No. 62648.

627 S.W.2d 597 (1982)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Giles CHAPMAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

Motion for Rehearing and to Transfer Denied March 9, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth R. Singer, St. Louis, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Rosalynn Van Heest, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Motion for Rehearing and to Transfer to Court En Banc Denied March 9, 1982.

JAMES K. PREWITT, Special Judge.

Appellant was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The only substantial evidence linking appellant to the murder was a tape recorded statement he gave the police. He repudiated the truth of it at a hearing on his motion to suppress and at trial, saying he admitted participating in the murder "[u]nder fear" because of...

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