Legal Opinion
State v. Wood
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided March 11, 1980No. 61048PublishedCited by 231 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINS, Judge.
Paul Albert Wood, Jr., was convicted.by a jury in 1975 of murder in the first degree, § 559.010, RSMo 1969, and sentenced to life imprisonment. The court of appeals reversed the conviction for error in admission of a confession, and remanded the cause for a new trial. State v. Wood, 559 S.W.2d 268 (Mo.App.1977). He was again convicted by a jury in 1978 of murder in the first degree and his punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. Judgment was entered accordingly. Upon direct appeal to this Court he advances arguments in five categories: (1) reversal based on an improperly…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- United States v. MandelCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by231 opinions
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