State v. Clevenger
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
GREENE, Presiding Judge.
Defendant, Roxie Jean Clevenger, appeals from her jury conviction of murder in the first degree, § 565.020,1 and subsequent sentence of life imprisonment without eligibility for probation and parole. We reverse and remand.
The state’s theory of the case was that Ms. Clevenger, the step daughter of Cleo Talley and the mother of Talley’s son, Murl Payne, conspired with Murl and others to have Talley killed, and that Talley was shot and killed by Kenny Brown in furtherance of the conspiracy. The alleged motive for the killing was that Talley was going to get married, in…
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Douglas v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- State v. HarrisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1981
- State v. ChernickSupreme Court of Missouri · 1955
- State v. ChernickSupreme Court of Missouri · 1955
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3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. JenningsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1991
- State v. SloanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1988
- Coday v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2005
- State v. HendersonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1997
- State v. GrebingMissouri Court of Appeals · 1990
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