Legal Opinion
State v. Walker
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided July 8, 1975No. 35874PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDEN A. STOCKARD, Special Judge.
Tyrone Lee Walker, charged with murder in the first degree, was found guilty by a jury of murder in the second degree and sentenced to the custody .of the Missouri Department of Corrections for a term of eighteen years.
Appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. We need only relate that from the evidence a jury reasonably could find that on September 9, 1971, appellant shot and killed Sylvester Nelson. We affirm.
Appellant first contends that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the issue of self-defense.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
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- State v. CrowSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
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3Cited by10 opinions
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