Legal Opinion

State v. Blair

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided August 18, 2009No. WD 69602PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ZEL M. FISCHER, Special Judge.

This case involves the appeal of six separate murder convictions and six consecutive sentences of life without parole that resulted from a single bench trial. The issues raised on appeal are: (1) sufficiency of the evidence to support the convictions; (2) whether the trial court made inappropriate findings not supported by the record; and (3) whether the trial court erred in not suppressing the statements of the defendant based on the failure of the police to preserve the audio-visual recording of the interrogation. The judgment is affirmed.

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2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. State v. SmithOhio Supreme Court · 1997
  3. State v. GrimSupreme Court of Missouri · 1993
  4. People v. HoltCalifornia Supreme Court · 1997
  5. State v. RousanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1998

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. LockhartSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
  2. Aundra Woods v. State of MissouriMissouri Court of Appeals · 2014
  3. State v. PennellMissouri Court of Appeals · 2013
  4. State v. MinnerMissouri Court of Appeals · 2010
  5. State v. HardingMissouri Court of Appeals · 2010

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