Legal Opinion
Booth v. State
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided March 12, 1973No. 57486PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMAN, Presiding Judge.
Movant (hereinafter referred to as defendant) has appealed from an order of the circuit court overruling his motion to vacate filed pursuant to Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R. We have jurisdiction since the appeal was taken prior to January 1, 1972. We affirm.
Defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree in the killing of James Bailey. He had shot deceased several times, at about 3 o’clock a. m., on January 11, 1965. The shooting had taken place in a small room; seven men were present at the time of the shooting. The principal witness for the State was Robert Vaughn, a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Harold Lee Batsell v. United States of America, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- State v. HarrisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
- State v. GartonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1965
- Mason v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1971
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3Cited by12 opinions
- McCrary v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
- Agee v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974
- Bryant v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
- Shepherd v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
- Gentile v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
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