Legal Opinion

State v. Williams

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 15, 1980No. 61595PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERT R. WELBORN, Commissioner.

A jury in the St. Louis County Circuit Court found Rollan Anthony Williams guilty on two counts of robbery in the first degree and two counts of armed criminal action. The court, acting under the Second Offender Act, sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment on each of the four counts, the sentences to run concurrently. This appeal followed.

The state’s evidence showed that, on April 28, 1978, at around 6:45 P.M., Williams entered Hartwig’s Tavern in Creve Coeur, St. Louis County, took a seat at the bar and was served a bottle of Budweiser beer. A short time…

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2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. State v. DegraffenreidSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
  2. Sours v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
  3. Sours v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
  4. McGuire v. LeighSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Missouri v. SoursSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Missouri v. GreerSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. State v. HarrisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1986
  3. State Ex Rel. Bulloch v. SeierSupreme Court of Missouri · 1989
  4. State v. GreerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1981
  5. State v. GreerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1981

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