Legal Opinion
State v. Thompson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided March 30, 1981No. WD 31513PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHANGLER, Judge.
The defendant Thompson appeals from convictions and consecutive sentences of 15 years for robbery second degree [Count I], 75 years for armed criminal action [Count II] and 15 years for kidnapping [Count III]. The court found the defendant both a persistent offender and a dangerous offender under § 558.016, RSMo 1978, and enhanced the robbery sentence [Count I] by 15 years and the kidnapping sentence [Count III] by 15 years. The punishments were for a total of 135 consecutive years.
The convictions rest on a robbery of an automobile from the person of one McLin, her forced…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Specht v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- State v. HigginsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
- Sours v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
- State v. BerrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
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3Cited by28 opinions
- State v. MartinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1994
- State v. CullenMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
- State v. GreathouseMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
- State v. MooreMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
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