Legal Opinion

State v. Dixon

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided February 29, 1984No. 13312PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PREWITT, Judge.

Following jury trial appellant was convicted of sodomy, § 566.060, RSMo Supp. 1982, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Appellant was charged with inserting his penis into the anus of another man by threatening him bodily harm by the use of a broken piece of mirror on February 19, 1982, while both were inmates in the Lac-lede County Jail. In his testimony appellant admitted the act, but denied that any threats or force were used and said that it was done with the complainant’s consent.

On appeal appellant presents three points. He contends in his first point that the trial court…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State v. DixonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. State v. HendersonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974
  3. State v. LeeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1966
  4. State v. BrownSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
  5. State v. KainSupreme Court of Missouri · 1960

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Lanari v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1992
  2. Brookings v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
  3. People v. SaizSupreme Court of Colorado · 2001
  4. People v. TrujilloSupreme Court of Colorado · 2006
  5. Caspary v. Corpus Christi Downtown Management District, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1997

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