State Missouri v. James E. Bowman

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree (felony murder) under Section 565.003, RSMo 1978, for the killing of Pauline Chambers; armed criminal action (Section 571.015, RSMo 1986), stealing without consent (Section 570.030, RSMo Cum. Supp. 1984), and burglary in the second degree (Section 569.170, RSMo 1986), receiving consecutive sentences including two life terms. he appealed to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western Division, which transferred the case here because the defendant challenges the constitutionality of Section 491.074, RSMo 1986, under the confrontation clauses of the Sixth Amendment, and Art. I, Sec. 18(a), of the Missouri Constitution. That challenge establishes our jurisdiction.