Legal Opinion

In re an Omega Brand: Double Up Queens or Better, Five Card Draw, Electronic Poker Machine, Serial No. 5265

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided August 28, 1984No. 47362PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEPHAN, Judge.

Robert Stephan, the owner of a video machine used for gambling, appeals from an order entered by the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis declaring the machine forfeited to the state. We affirm.

In March, 1982, appellant contracted with Rena Shoults, owner of the tavern Rena’s Den, to place a video poker machine in her tavern. On July 20, 1982, St. Louis Police Detective Raymond Gibson went to Rena’s Den, where he observed the machine which was activated by placing quarters into the coin slot. Detective Gibson watched two men, Anthony Shaver and another named Bill, play the…

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Reid v. KempMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
  2. State v. One "Jack and Jill" PinballMissouri Court of Appeals · 1949
  3. Furniture Forwarders of St. Louis, Inc. v. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
  4. State v. JonesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
  5. Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. HupertMissouri Court of Appeals · 1961

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. In Re Marriage of HendrixSupreme Court of Missouri · 2006
  2. State v. One Hundred & Fifty-Eight Gaming DevicesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1985
  3. Pomirko v. SayadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
  4. McDonald v. City of Lake LotawanaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
  5. Hurst v. HurstMissouri Court of Appeals · 2018

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