Legal Opinion

State v. Battle

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided November 22, 1983No. 63436Published

1Opinion of the Court

661 S.W.2d 487 (1983)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent,

v.

Thomas Henry BATTLE, Appellant.

No. 63436.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

November 22, 1983.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1983.

Mark S. Fredman, St. Louis, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., John M. Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

BILLINGS, Judge.

Defendant Thomas Henry Battle was convicted and sentenced to death for the capital murder of an 80-year-old woman. He contends the death sentence violates the Missouri Constitution, his inculpatory statements were unconstitutionally tainted and improperly admitted at…

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2Cases cited57 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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