Legal Opinion

State v. Dudley

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided March 12, 1991No. WD 42224PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NUGENT, Chief Judge.

Defendant Alvin Dudley appeals his conviction of one count of forcible sodomy, one count of felonious restraint and one count of armed criminal action. We affirm the convictions.

On this appeal, defendant Dudley raises three points: first, error in overruling defendant’s objection to the comment of the prosecuting attorney in closing argument regarding a missing witness; second, insufficiency of the evidence; and, third, denial of defendant’s Rule 29.15 motion alleging ineffective assistance of counsel.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdicts, the record reveals…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. State v. WoodSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
  2. State v. BrownSupreme Court of Missouri · 1983
  3. State v. BarberSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
  4. State v. ClarkMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
  5. Kilgore v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1990

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. NeilSupreme Court of Missouri · 1994
  2. Dudley v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2008
  3. State v. JacksonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1993
  4. State v. FearsMissouri Court of Appeals · 2007
  5. STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent v. GUSTAVO VENZEZ HERNANDEZMissouri Court of Appeals · 2020

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