State v. Wright

Decision Date26 January 1938
Docket Number35058
Citation112 S.W.2d 571,342 Mo. 58
PartiesThe State v. William Wright, Appellant
CourtMissouri Supreme Court

Reported at 342 Mo. 58 at 63.

Original Opinion of January 26, 1938, Reported at 342 Mo. 58.

Roy McKittrick, Atty. Gen., and Frank W. Hayes, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

All concur.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

On Motion to Modify Opinion.

On motion of the Attorney General the opinion herein is modified in the manner and for the reasons stated in the Per Curiam in State of Missouri, respondent, v. John Brown, appellant, 341 Mo. 53, 112 S.W.2d 568. The judgment on the verdict herein convicting appellant of murder in the first degree and inflicting capital punishment is hereby affirmed; and the cause is remanded to the trial court with directions to have the appellant brought before it and to impose a sentence of death by lethal gas in accordance with the provisions of Laws 1937, pages 222, 223.

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