Legal Opinion
State v. Nash
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided May 17, 2011No. SC 90649PublishedCited by 178 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARY R. RUSSELL, Judge.
A jury found Donald Nash guilty of capital murder in violation of section 565.001, RSMo 1978, for the 1982 killing of Judy Spencer. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility for probation or parole for 50 years.
He appeals, asserting that he was wrongly convicted under section 565.001, RSMo 1978, because he argues that this statute was repealed in 1983 and that no other statute replaced it to criminalize the murder with which he was charged. He also maintains that his conviction should be reversed because it rests on insufficient evidence, he was not…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Crane v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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- Calder v. BullSupreme Court of the United States · 1798
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3Cited by178 opinions
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Missouri · 2012
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- Donald Nash v. Terry RussellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2015
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