Legal Opinion
Peggy Ann Morfeld v. Dennis J. Kehm, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Prosecuting Attorney of Jefferson County, Missouri
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 29, 1986No. 85-2367PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Chief Judge.
This appeal comes to us under unusual circumstances. It resolves itself around the trial court’s grant of a “directed verdict” at the close of the plaintiff’s opening statement. In opening statement, plaintiff’s counsel referred to testimony that would be elicited from the defendant when called as a witness. The defendant objected to the plaintiff’s calling the defendant as a witness since the plaintiff had failed to include the defendant’s name on the pretrial witness list. Thereafter the defendant moved for a directed verdict and the trial court sustained this motion. We…
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