Legal Opinion

State v. Rousan

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided January 27, 1998No. 79566PublishedCited by 223 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COVINGTON, Judge.

Appellant, William L. Rousan, appeals from convictions for two counts of first degree murder, section 565.020. 1 \ for which he received one sentence of death and one sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Affirmed.

The evidence is viewed in the light most favorable to the verdicts. On September 21, 1993, appellant, appellant’s son, Brent Rou-san, and appellant’s brother, Robert Rousan, met and discussed stealing cattle from Charles and Grace Lewis. Charles Lewis, sixty-seven, and his wife, Grace, sixty-two, lived near the farm where appellant…

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Colorado v. ConnellySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Pulley v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Godfrey v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by223 opinions

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