Legal Opinion

State v. Taylor

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided February 10, 1964No. 49910PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOUSER, Commissioner.

Nathan Taylor, Jr., was convicted by a jury of unlawfully selling a narcotic drug, in violation of § 195.020, V.A.M.S. The jury assessed a penalty of eight years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. On this appeal defendant relies upon four points, one of which is that the court erred in refusing to give an instruction offered by defendant, submitting the defense of entrapment.

The refused instruction directed a verdict' for defendant upon a finding that the federal agent to whom the sale is alleged to have been made lured, urged or encouraged defendant to commit the offense…

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2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. Woo Wai v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1915
  4. Charles T. Henderson, Jr., George Truitt Robbins and John B. Dees v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
  5. Purification Rodriguez v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955

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3Cited by56 opinions

  1. State v. CobbSupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
  2. Paul Washington Kibby v. United States of America, Charles R. Stewart v. United States of America, Carl McFadden v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
  3. State v. LemonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1973
  4. State v. WilliamsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. State v. BlackMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979

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