Legal Opinion
State v. Quillun
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided July 31, 1978No. KCD 29396PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TURNAGE, Judge.
William Quillun was convicted of rape, § 559.260, RSMo.1975 Supp., and sodomy, § 563.230, RSMo.1969. The court fixed sentence under the Second Offender Act at twenty years imprisonment on the rape charge and five years imprisonment on the sodomy charge, the sentences to run consecutively.
On this appeal Quillun alleges error in that (1) the State did not prove venue; (2) he was denied the right to testify; (3) he was denied effective assistance of counsel; (4) the prosecutor referred in argument to his failure to testify, and (5) the court refused to excuse a venireman for…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State v. LovellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1974
- State v. NolanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1973
- Bennett v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
- State v. HeisslerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
- State v. HallMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
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3Cited by5 opinions
- State v. JohnsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
- State v. LaususeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
- State v. TorregrossaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
- State v. SanfordMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
- Quillun v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981