Legal Opinion

State v. Harris

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided January 20, 1976No. 36099PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEWART, Judge.

Defendant was charged with and convicted of first-degree robbery by means of a dangerous and deadly weapon. The court sentenced him to 35 years’ imprisonment.

Defendant’s allegations of error focus upon photographs used for purposes of identification. He contends that comments of the prosecution in opening statement, the answers to questions propounded to witnesses, and an offer by the prosecution to display one of the photographs to the jury, erroneously injected evidence of a prior crime into the case.

Defendant does not question the sufficiency of the evidence to warrant a…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. State v. MooreSupreme Court of Missouri · 1957
  2. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
  3. United States v. Burnell RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
  4. State v. RutledgeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
  5. State v. HubbardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1943

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. State v. CheesebrewMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
  2. State v. NewmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
  3. State v. HamellMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
  4. State v. McMillanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  5. State v. ByrneMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979

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