Legal Opinion

State v. Bostic

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided December 8, 1981No. 62764PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JAMES K. PREWITT, Special Judge.

Defendant was convicted of capital murder, § 565.001, RSMo 1978, and sentenced to life imprisonment without eligibility for probation or parole for 50 years. § 565.-008.1, RSMo 1978. The brief filed by defendant’s appointed counsel presents one point for our review. Defendant filed a pro se brief and requested that we review four points not presented to the trial court which he claims constitute plain error.

The point in the brief filed by appellant’s counsel states that the trial court erred in failing to quash the jury panel “because the jury panel selection…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. State v. HoltSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
  2. John Dale Henson v. Donald Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
  3. Eugene Holt v. Donald Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
  4. State v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Missouri · 1981
  5. State v. BrownMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. State v. ShawSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
  2. State v. BolderSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
  3. State v. BlairSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
  4. State v. PrestonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1984
  5. State v. TrimbleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982

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