Legal Opinion

State v. Willis

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided December 20, 1988No. WD 40096PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLARK, Judge.

Derrick S. Willis was tried by a jury and was convicted of the offense of first degree trespass. On this appeal, he raises five points of alleged trial error among which is the claim that the evidence was insufficient to support submission of the case. We therefore turn first to a review of the evidence.

Accepting as true all evidence, whether circumstantial or direct, tending to prove defendant guilty, together with all reasonable inferences supportive of the verdict, 1 the following were the facts upon which the jury could have found appellant guilty of trespass.

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Fletcher v. WeirSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. State v. BrooksSupreme Court of Missouri · 1981
  5. State v. SandlesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. Turner-BeyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1991
  2. State v. BaldridgeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1993
  3. State v. HillMissouri Court of Appeals · 1991
  4. State v. SchaeferMissouri Court of Appeals · 1993
  5. State v. WalkerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1990

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