Legal Opinion
State v. Davis
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided December 31, 1973No. KCD 26370PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASSERSTROM. Judge.
Defendant was charged with murder in the first degree, but the jury found him guilty of only second degree murder and sentenced him to ten years imprisonment. Defendant appeals, alleging five points of error.
I
Defendant first contends that the verdict is not supported by substantial evidence. Consideration of this point requires a brief summary of the relevant facts.
On the morning of July 31, 1971, a fracas occurred on King Hill Avenue in St. Joseph, Missouri, involving defendant, his brother John Davis, and Wendell Jenkins. The witnesses gave radically different versions of…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- State v. GranberrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- State v. CrowSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- State v. CreightonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1932
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. DuncanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
- State v. RallsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
- State v. ParkerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
- State v. LawsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1994
- State v. McClainMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
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