Legal Opinion

State v. Sigh

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided February 6, 1979No. 40197PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GUNN, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of second degree burglary. His appeal raises three points of alleged trial court error: (1) in allowing the testimony of a nine-year-old boy who was a witness to the burglary; (2) in allowing certain state rebuttal testimony claimed to be cumulative in effect; (3) in denying defendant’s request for pre-sen-tence investigation. We find no error and affirm.

The apartment of Shirley Wynn was burglarized while she was away on an errand. According to Ms. Wynn’s eight-year-old son Timothy (he was nine at the time of the trial), two men appeared at the apartment…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
  2. State v. HarrisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1977
  3. State v. BallMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
  4. State v. YoungSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
  5. State v. LawrenceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. SinghMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
  2. State v. HarperMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
  3. State v. StewartMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  4. State v. EdwardsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
  5. State v. ClarkMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986

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