Legal Opinion

State v. Hopkins

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided March 11, 2014No. WD 76128PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KAREN KING MITCHELL, Judge.

Nelson E. Hopkins, Sr., appeals his convictions and sentences, following a guilty plea, for two counts of second-degree robbery in violation of section 569.030.1 Because Hopkins entered a guilty plea and does not challenge the subject matter jurisdiction of the plea court or the sufficiency of the charging document, we dismiss Hopkins’s direct appeal.

Factual and Procedural Background

On June 14, 2011, Hopkins entered a Domino’s Pizza in Blue Springs, Missouri, and pulled a gun from his waistband. Hopkins waved the gun at five employees, demanding money.2 All but two…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. State v. TolliverSupreme Court of Missouri · 1992
  2. Cooper v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2011
  3. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1994
  4. State v. LarsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 2002
  5. Garris v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2012

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State of Missouri v. Steven Wayne CooperMissouri Court of Appeals · 2016
  2. Valley v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2018
  3. Cody v. MesmerDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 2023
  4. Williams v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2018

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