Legal Opinion

State v. Santillan

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided July 27, 1999No. 74279PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, Judge.

Christopher Santillan (“Defendant”) appeals the judgment entered on his convictions for murder in the first degree, RSMo section 565.020, and armed criminal action, RSMo section 571.015. 1 Defendant contends that the trial court erred in: (1) allowing the prosecuting attorney to ask Defendant what he told his previous lawyer; (2) allowing the introduction of evidence of an Uzi submachine gun, found in

Defendant’s home, that was not the murder weapon; (3) permitting the Prosecutor to question Defendant if this was “the first time” he told “this story” in “six years,”…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Fletcher v. WeirSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. State v. TokarSupreme Court of Missouri · 1996
  4. State v. WoodSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
  5. State v. McMillinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1990

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. State v. PresberryMissouri Court of Appeals · 2003
  2. State v. ErnstMissouri Court of Appeals · 2005
  3. State v. BradshawMissouri Court of Appeals · 2000
  4. State v. BakerMissouri Court of Appeals · 2000
  5. State v. DunnMissouri Court of Appeals · 2000

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