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State v. Cotton

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, DIVISION TWO
Apr 21, 1998
964 S.W.2d 890 (Mo. Ct. App. 1998)

Opinion

No. 72013

OPINION FILED: April 21, 1998

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, HONORABLE DAVID MASON, JUDGE.

Susan Eckles, St. Louis, for appellant.

John Munson Morris, III, Jefferson City, for respondent.

Kathianne Knaup Crane, P.J., Mary Rhodes Russell, J., and James R. Dowd, J., concurring.



ORDER


Defendant appeals from the judgment entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of first degree murder, in violation of section 565.020 RSMo 1994, on which he was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, and of armed criminal action, in violation of section 571.015 RSMo 1994, on which he was sentenced to a concurrent term of life imprisonment.

No jurisprudential purpose would be served by a written opinion reciting the detailed facts and restating the principles of law. However, the parties have been furnished with a memorandum opinion for their information only, setting forth the facts and reasons for this order.

We affirm the judgment pursuant to Rule 30.25(b).


Summaries of

State v. Cotton

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, DIVISION TWO
Apr 21, 1998
964 S.W.2d 890 (Mo. Ct. App. 1998)
Case details for

State v. Cotton

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF MISSOURI, RESPONDENT, v. MICHAEL COTTON, DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

Court:Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, DIVISION TWO

Date published: Apr 21, 1998

Citations

964 S.W.2d 890 (Mo. Ct. App. 1998)

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