State v. Black
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Presiding Judge.
Defendant appeals from her conviction of second degree murder by a jury and resultant ten-year sentence imposed by the court under the second offender act. 1 We reverse.
Defendant has raised five points of error, but it is necessary for us to discuss only one — the failure of the trial court to sustain her motion of acquittal at the conclusion of the evidence. We review the evidence presented by the state and view it in the light most favorable to the state and draw from it permissible inferences. We will on occasion make reference to evidence presented by the defense…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- State v. FrancoSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
- State v. StapletonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1975
- United States v. Hilton Jerry KeltonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- State v. AyersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1971
- State v. SummersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1962
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3Cited by46 opinions
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- State v. RobertsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1986
- State v. SherrillMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
- State v. PrierSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
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