Legal Opinion
State v. Turner
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided March 2, 1982No. WD 32141PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHANGLER, Presiding Judge.
The defendant Turner was convicted for the second degree murder of one Wilma Hopper [§ 565.004] and was sentenced to a term of one hundred years. The victim died from multiple stab wounds. The body was otherwise mutilated by bruises in the pubic area and a laceration of the breast, apparently a bite mark. The defendant contends that the opening statement and final argument of the prosecutor were prejudicial in particulars we treat, and that the admission of certain testimony concerning the dentition of defendant Turner was prejudicial.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- State v. DegraffenreidSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- Alberty v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- State v. CuckovichSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- State v. McKeeverSupreme Court of Missouri · 1936
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