Legal Opinion
State v. Johnson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided March 16, 1999No. WD 54226PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPINDEN, Judge.
James W. Johnson appeals the circuit court’s judgment convicting him of statutory sodomy in the sexual assault of his six-year-old stepdaughter. He contends that the circuit court erred in overruling his motion to suppress his statements to police in which he admitted the crime. He gave the statements both before and after police informed him of his basic constitutional rights. We affirm the circuit court’s judgment.
In July 1996, Johnson’s six-year-old stepdaughter confided to her mother that Johnson had made her sodomize him. A St. Joseph police officer interviewed the child…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Berkemer v. McCartySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Stansbury v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Michigan v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by6 opinions
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