Legal Opinion
State v. Simpson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided January 20, 1981No. 41601PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SATZ, Judge.
Defendant, Edward Simpson, was convicted of possession of heroin in violation of §§ 195.017 and 195.020 RSMo 1969 and was sentenced to ten years imprisonment under the Second Offender Act, § 556.280 RSMo 1969. We affirm.
In the early afternoon of August, 1978, Detective Michael Benson and Officer Peter Gober of the St. Louis Police Department arrived at the 2700 block of North Spring in the City of St. Louis. The officers had been told by a confidential informant that a man known as “Skinny” was selling heroin in a vacant lot at that location. This informant had provided…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- State v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1958
- State v. MaxwellMissouri Court of Appeals · 1973
- State v. TerrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1971
- State v. HolmesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1965
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3Cited by26 opinions
- State v. SchneiderSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987
- United States v. John Hoffman, A/K/A John Joseph, United States of America v. Bertsfield SmithenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992
- State v. DiercksMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
- State v. CollinsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1991
- State v. CrespoMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
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