Legal Opinion

State v. Jones

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided October 15, 1985No. 48041PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SNYDER, Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of murder in the second degree, § 565.004 RSMo.1978. He was sentenced to imprisonment for ten *527years in the custody of the Department of Corrections. The judgment is affirmed.

Appellant charges the trial court erred in: (1) overruling appellant’s motion to suppress his oral and written statements; (2) giving Instruction No. 11, the second degree murder verdict director, because it allowed the jury to convict appellant based on his co-participant’s intent; and (3) in denying appellant’s motion for a new trial after refusing to investigate further the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Haley v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. Gallegos v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  4. State v. WrightSupreme Court of Missouri · 1974
  5. State v. NimrodSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. PerryMissouri Court of Appeals · 1997
  2. State v. MouserMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
  3. State v. BarnabyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1997
  4. State v. GreerMissouri Court of Appeals · 2005

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