State v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — Hem. Edward E. Porterfield,-Judge. (1) There is no evidence that appellant participated in the rohhery charged in the indictment. His every act was consistent with innocence, and not guilt. There was no evidence of any connection between the robbery and appellant.
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Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — Hem. Edward E. Porterfield,-Judge. (1) There is no evidence that appellant participated in the rohhery charged in the indictment. His every act was consistent with innocence, and not guilt. There was no evidence of any connection between the robbery and appellant. State v. Hammons. 226 Mo. 604. (2) Inadmissible and prejudicial evidence was admitted át the trial, and improper comments and argument were made before the jury by the assistant prosecuting attorney, and the court. State v. Wright, 161 Mo. App. 597; State v. Doerries, 168 Mo. App. 324; State v.…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
— In an indictment preferred by the grand jury of Jackson County in June, 1920, the defendant was charged under Section 3307, Revised Statutes 1919, with robbery in the first degree. Upon a trial he was convicted and sentenced to fifty years in the penitentiary. From that judgment, this appeal is perfected.
At the beginning of the trial the defendant asked a continuance, based, in part, upon the fact that one Roy Wilson, who had been tried and convicted for participation in the crime, had, upon a separate trial, received a sentence of fifty years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary, and because…
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