State v. Vansandts
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
SIMEONE, Presiding Judge.
This is an appeal by defendant-appellant, Joseph H. Vansandts, from a judgment of conviction entered by the circuit court of the City of St. Louis upon a jury verdict by which the appellant was sentenced to five years in the department of corrections for the offense of robbery in the first degree. § 560.120, RSMo 1969.
This appeal requires us to balance the rights of an accused who allegedly lacks mental capacity to understand the proceedings against him and the right of the state to enforce its criminal laws.1
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On September 28,1972, Mrs. Hazel Burke was employed at the…
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2Cases cited34 opinions
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Harris County Commissioners Court v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Lawrence W. Green v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by30 opinions
- State v. PrestonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1984
- State v. ThomasSupreme Court of Missouri · 1981
- State v. MoonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
- State v. CrowleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
- State v. MayfieldMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
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