Legal Opinion
State v. Granberry
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided September 11, 1972No. 56697PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORGAN, Judge.
A jury found defendant guilty of first degree murder and assessed his punishment at death.
Based on the state’s evidence, which was uncontradicted, a jury reasonably could have found: that one Joseph Tucker was working as the attendant at Clark’s Service Station located at 8341 Olive Street Road in St. Louis County during the early morning of December 12, 1969; that at approximately 1:30 A.M. several Negro boys arrived in an automobile; that after purchasing cigarettes and soda, they proceeded to rob Mr. Tucker at gun point; that before the robbers left, several persons arrived…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Moore v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hayes v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
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3Cited by66 opinions
- State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Missouri · 1998
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Missouri · 1977
- State v. GranberrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1973
- State v. GarrettMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
- State v. IngramSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
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