Legal Opinion
State v. Overstreet
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided June 14, 1977No. 59833PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PINCH, Judge.
Defendant was convicted of first degree murder and first degree robbery under §§ 559.010 and 560.120, RSMo 1969, and sentenced to concurrent terms of life and five year imprisonment. He appealed to the Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, which affirmed, but a dissenting opinion was filed. The court then sustained defendant’s application to transfer the case to this court. We now review the case as though here on direct appeal. We reverse and remand.
On January 3, 1974, two men, one of whom the State’s witnesses identified as defendant, entered the office of the Straight…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Breithaupt v. AbramSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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