Legal Opinion
State v. Teegarden
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided December 5, 1977No. KCD 29142PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOMERVILLE, Judge.
The homicidal death of Arlie Everett Whittle (victim) on May 1, 1974, in Miller County, Missouri, resulted in Mack Henry Teegarden (defendant) being charged by information with first degree murder (Section 559.010, RSMo 19691). The jury before whom defendant was tried found him guilty of second degree murder (Section 559.020, RSMo 1969) and fixed his punishment at forty years imprisonment in the Missouri Department of Corrections.
On appeal defendant questions (1) the trial court’s refusal to declare a mistrial, (2) the trial court’s refusal to grant a continuance, (3) the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. EwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- State v. CuckovichSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
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3Cited by5 opinions
- State v. McMillanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
- State v. RellihanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
- State v. HurleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
- State v. EthelbertMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
- State v. ScrutchfieldMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986