Legal Opinion

State v. Sutton

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided April 25, 1995No. 63747PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction for murdering his wife. He expressly waives any objections to the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion. We affirm.

Defendant claims that the trial court erred in overruling his motions for acquittal because the only eyewitness to the crime, the eleven year old son of the victim, was so inconsistent and contradictory as to lose all probative value. We disagree.

In the usual case, we view all evidence and all reasonable inferences therefrom in the light most favorable to the verdict. State v. Bernard, 849 S.W.2d 10, 21 (Mo. bane 1993). However,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. BernardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1993
  2. State v. BurnsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. State v. EymanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1992

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. MubarakMissouri Court of Appeals · 2005

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