Legal Opinion
State v. Booker
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided November 12, 1974No. 35532PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOWD, Chief Judge.
Defendant Willie James Booker was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County of the offense of sodomy (Section 563.230, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S.) and sentenced under the Second Offender Act (Section 556.280, RSMo 1969) to a term of seventy-five years imprisonment. This appeal followed.
Defendant was tried on April 23-25, 1973. At voir dire the prosecuting attorney, over defendant’s objection, used peremptory strikes to remove all five black jurors from the jury panel of thirty persons. As a result, defendant was tried by an all-white jury. Defendant is black. The…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Hernandez v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Norris v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- State v. SimmonsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1973
- State v. LeeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. DavisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
- State v. GardnerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
- State v. BookerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
- State v. BollingerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
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