State v. Coats
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Buchanan Criminal Court. — No». B. J. Casteel, Judge. (1) (a) When Lizzie Smith was called by the State to prove that the confession was not procured by inducement or duress, she thereby became the State’s witness, and the defendant had the right to cross-examine, impeach or refresh her memory, especially with reference to the testimony given by her upon direct examination.
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Appeal from Buchanan Criminal Court. — No». B. J. Casteel, Judge. (1) (a) When Lizzie Smith was called by the State to prove that the confession was not procured by inducement or duress, she thereby became the State’s witness, and the defendant had the right to cross-examine, impeach or refresh her memory, especially with reference to the testimony given by her upon direct examination. Page v. Kankey, 6 Mo. 433; Brown v. Burrus, 8 Mo. 26; Railroad v. Silver, 56 Mo. 265;. State v. Brady, 87 Mo. 145; Jones v. Roberts, 37 Mo. App. 176; Walter v. Hoeffner, 51 Mo. App. 50; Dill v.' Stegner, 56 Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.
The defendant in this case, a negro boy, nineteen or twenty years old, was convicted of murder in the first degree by the criminal court of Buchanan county, and from that judgment this appeal is taken.
Statement.
The alleged victim of his crime was his mother, an aged negress, who lived alone in a small cabin in the bluffs of the Missouri river, some miles below the city of St. Joseph. The information charges that he assaulted her and with both his hands about her neck choked her to death.
The Attorney-General with commendable frankness says, in his statement and brief, “In view of the fact that…
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