Legal Opinion
State v. Cayson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided November 24, 1987No. WD 39071PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TURNAGE, Judge.
Rodney Cayson was found guilty by a jury of two counts of robbery in the first degree. On finding Cayson to be a prior and dangerous offender, the court imposed sentence on each count of life imprisonment, with the sentences to run consecutively. Cayson contends that both counts should be dismissed because the prosecutor vindictively filed such charges. Reversed and remanded as to Count I, and reversed as to Count II.
In April of 1985, Cayson was charged by information with robbery, second degree, by forcibly stealing a lady’s purse containing U.S. currency owned by Elfreda…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Blackledge v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. GoodwinSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. Tallice Andrews and Thurston BrooksCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- State v. FranksMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
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