Legal Opinion
State v. Adams
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided January 12, 1976No. 9731PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOGAN, Judge.
Defendant Robert Faye Adams was found guilty of willful failure to appear in court (bond jumping) as defined and denounced by § 544.665, RSMo Supp.1973. 1 His punishment was assessed at imprisonment for a term of five years and he appeals.
Accused of slaying his wife, Adams was convicted of murder in the second degree, on February 20,1971, after trial to a jury in the Circuit Court of Greene County. His punishment for this offense was fixed at imprisonment for a term of 40 years. On April 6,1971, Adams filed a notice of appeal and the amount of his bond on appeal was set at…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Cooper Ex Rel. Cooper v. FinkeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1964
- United States v. Robert Bolivar DepughCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- State v. MarstonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- State v. MusickSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1958
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State v. FingersMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
- State v. GarretteMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
- State v. ThomastonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
- State v. ThomasMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
- State v. MeaneyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
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