Legal Opinion
State v. Baker
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided April 7, 1980No. KCD 30110PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIXON, Judge.
Defendant appeals his conviction for escape from a state institution. Defendant was sentenced to serve a five-year term for the offense of felonious stealing. Defendant was received at the Missouri State Penitentiary at Jefferson City and later transferred to the Missouri Training Center for Men at Moberly, Missouri.
The single and dispositive issue in the case is the defendant’s claim that the trial court erred in refusing his offer of proof and refusing to give an instruction on the defense of necessity to the charge of escape.
On October 3,1976, the defendant-prisoner and…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- United States v. KirbySupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- People v. LovercampCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974
- People v. UngerIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
- People v. LutherMichigan Supreme Court · 1975
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- State v. MillerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1981
- Stapleton v. GrieweMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
- United States v. Leonard PeltierCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
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