Legal Opinion

State v. Fulsom

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided February 9, 1976No. KCD 27733PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TURNAGE, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was charged with murder in the first degree under Section 559.010, RSMo 1969. The State submitted the case to the jury under murder committed in connection with an attempt to rob under the same Section. By this appeal defendant seeks to have his sentence of life imprisonment set aside.

Defendant relies on two grounds; (1) there was no evidence to show he was attempting to commit a robbery, and (2) the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction because of conflicts in the State’s evidence. Neither ground avails defendant the relief he seeks.

Defendant…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. State v. ConwaySupreme Court of Missouri · 1943
  2. State v. SimonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1927
  3. State v. AustinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1973
  4. State v. NorrisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1963
  5. State v. BazadierSupreme Court of Missouri · 1962

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Fulsom v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
  2. State v. TylerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
  3. Fulsom v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
  4. State v. WillisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986

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