Legal Opinion
State v. Charity
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided September 13, 1979No. 10823PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLANIGAN, Chief Judge.
This is an unusual case. In order to convict the defendant of the offense with which he was charged it was incumbent upon the state to prove that another offense — stealing—did not occur.
A jury found defendant guilty of “obtaining money by means of a ‘confidence game,’ ” § 561.450 RSMo 1969, and fixed punishment at confinement in the county jail for 90 days and a fine of $1,000. Defendant appeals from the judgment and sentence entered on the verdict.
Defendant makes the valid contention that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict and that the trial court…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Warszower v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- State v. PetrechkoSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- People v. SimonsenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
- Fotie v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1943
- State v. SummersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1962
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CostelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- State v. TateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
- State v. HayesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
- State v. BlackstockCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1994
- State v. DavisonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
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