Legal Opinion

State v. Harvey

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided April 28, 1987No. 51181PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KAROHL, Judge.

This case involves two related tragedies. The first is the kidnapping, sexual assault and brutal murder of two wholly innocent and fine young people, a married couple, on December 14, 1982. The second is the deliberate, deceptive and dastardly acts of unexcusable misconduct by two jurors, which conduct deserves the reproach of all right thinking citizens. Their acts possibly constitute a sabotage of the trial of defendant who stood charged with two counts of capital murder. Section 565.001 RSMo 1978. Their acts do constitute .an affront to the criminal justice system on which…

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2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Clyde Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. State v. McGeeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1935
  3. State v. GarrettSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
  4. State v. ClarkMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
  5. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1953

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. BeukeOhio Supreme Court · 1988
  2. Leisure v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1992
  3. State v. ChambersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1995
  4. State v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1997
  5. State v. KellyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1993

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