Legal Opinion

State v. Hoopingarner

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided January 12, 1993No. 61394PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CRANE, Judge.

A jury found Thomas E. Hoopingarner guilty of the offense of first degree burglary in violation of § 569.160 RSMo 1986. The trial court found him to be a Class X offender and sentenced him to a term of 18 years imprisonment. Hoopingarner appeals the judgment of the trial court. On appeal Hoopingarner contends that the trial court erred in overruling his motion to suppress identification testimony, admitting evidence of his prior guilty pleas and giving MAI-CR 3d 312.10, the “hammer” instruction. We affirm.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not in dispute. On April 28, 1990 the…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. State v. McMillinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1990
  4. State v. MilliornSupreme Court of Missouri · 1990
  5. State v. BerrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1980

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. State v. DoddMissouri Court of Appeals · 1999
  2. State v. JacksonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1995
  3. State v. LongSupreme Court of Missouri · 2004
  4. State v. ZimmermanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1994
  5. State v. SielfleischMissouri Court of Appeals · 1994

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