Legal Opinion
State v. Stucker
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided December 10, 1974No. 35861PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEIER, Judge.
Defendant was found guilty of felonious assault and sentenced to six years imprisonment. He appeals, contending the state’s verdict directing instruction lacked eviden-tiary support.
Evidence was that two innocent by-standers, Wilson King and Ralph Isaac, saw defendant and an accomplice tampering with a parked truck. When the tamperers noticed their observers they rapidly drove off. King and Isaac went to the truck and were examining it when defendant and his accomplice returned and assaulted them.
The only evidence supporting the alleged assault on Wilson King came from King…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- State v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1963
- State v. McIntoshSupreme Court of Missouri · 1973
- State v. KinderMissouri Court of Appeals · 1973
- State v. MilesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1955
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. JohnsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
- State v. NevillsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
- State v. WilliamsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
- State v. WebbMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
- State v. WilsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
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