Legal Opinion
State v. Hodge
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided June 30, 1983No. 13154PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREWITT, Judge.
Defendant appeals, following his conviction in a jury-waived trial, of assault in the first degree. § 565.050, RSMo 1978. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Defendant was charged with attempting to kill or to cause serious physical injury to Karlene Hodge, his ex-wife, by shooting at her with a shotgun and striking her in the head with a blunt instrument. The state contended that defendant hired Kenneth McCurdy to commit the assault on her.
Defendant contends that McCurdy’s “suicide note” which implicated him in the assault was erroneously admitted in evidence and that…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- State v. TurnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1981
- United States v. Michael Lemonakis, United States of America v. Paul EntenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- State v. WhiteSupreme Court of Missouri · 1981
- Holt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1937
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3Cited by15 opinions
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