Brown v. State

Reexamination on order of the United States Supreme Court

This case together with several others1 was ordered reexamined in light of Albernaz v. United States, 450 U.S. -, 101 S.Ct. 1137, 67 L.Ed.2d 275 (1981). Since all of the courts of appeals rulings were based upon our ruling in Sours v. State, 593 S.W.2d 208 (Mo.banc 1980) (Sours I) or Sours v. State, 603 S.W.2d 592 (Mo.banc 1980) (Sours II), the cases were all ordered transferred to this Court. Our examination of the double jeopardy issue made in light of Albemaz pursuant to the orders of the United States Supreme Court, appears in State…