Legal Opinion
State v. Blair
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided August 31, 1982No. 62782PublishedCited by 143 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARDGETT, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of capital murder, § 565.001, RSMo 1978, and sentenced to death by a jury pursuant to § 565.008, RSMo 1978. This Court has jurisdiction for this original appeal under Mo.Const. art. V, § 3. Review includes consideration of both alleged trial errors and the death sentence. § 565.014.
The jury could reasonably have found that on April 2, 1979, Kathy Jo Allen was allegedly raped by Larry Jackson at her apartment. Thereafter, Jackson was arrested, charged with the rape, and placed in custody in the Jackson County Jail on this and other charges.1 While in…
2Cases cited66 opinions
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- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by143 opinions
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