Legal Opinion
State v. McClain
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided September 10, 1973No. 57843PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONNELLY, Chief Justice.
Appellant, Charles McClain, was convicted of murder in the first degree by a jury in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, and his punishment was assessed at death.
This Court does not have jurisdiction of this case under Art. V, § 3, Const, of Missouri, V.A.M.S. Parks v. State, 492 S.W.2d 746 (Mo.1973). We retain and decide the case under authority of Art. V, § 10, Const, of Missouri, for the reasons stated in Foremost-McKesson, Inc., v. Davis, 488 S.W.2d 193, 196 (Mo.1972), and because the death penalty was imposed.
On October 25, 1970, in the early…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Pyle v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by20 opinions
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