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- Title: State Missouri v. James Edward Mcgee
- Author : Supreme Court of Missouri En Banc
- Release Date : January 10, 1969
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 71 KB
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Defendant, James Edward McGee, was convicted of murder in the second degree, under § 559.020, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S.,
in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, and his punishment under the provisions of the Habitual Criminal Act, §
556.280, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., was assessed at imprisonment in the custody of the State Department of Corrections for a term
of fifty years. Following rendition of judgment and imposition of sentence an appeal was perfected to this Court. We first consider defendant's contention that the jury verdict is unsupported by the evidence. According to the evidence,
the victim, Ida Mae Rooks, was stabbed at the corner of Grand and Page in the City of St. Louis, at approximately 8:30 P.M.,
February 20, 1967. She was dead on arrival at the hospital. Death was caused by "stab wounds." Defendant left the Harlem Tavern
with Ida Mae Rooks at 8:15 P.M., February 20, 1967. One witness, who lived at 3603 Page, testified she heard a cry for help,
looked out her apartment window, saw a woman and man struggling, and saw the man striking the woman. Another witness testified
he looked out a window of a Chinese restaurant at the corner of Grand and Page, saw a man and woman struggling, and identified
defendant as the man at the trial. The evidence is sufficient to support the verdict of guilty.