Legal Opinion

State v. Keeler

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided July 8, 1993No. 18362PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SHRUM, Judge.

The defendant, Dennis R. Keeler, was convicted of attempted kidnapping and sentenced to five years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. Among the issues he raises on appeal is the dispositive one, a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence to submit the case to the jury. We reverse the trial court’s judgment and order the defendant discharged.

FACTS

On the morning of April 14, 1992, Angel Childers, a nine-year-old fourth grade pupil, having missed her school bus, was walking alone to school. She was walking east on the sidewalk on the south side of Central Street in…

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. GonzalesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. State v. LongMissouri Court of Appeals · 1991
  3. State v. MarvelMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988
  4. State v. PalmerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1992
  5. State v. Van VleckMissouri Court of Appeals · 1991

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. State v. MillerSupreme Court of Missouri · 2012
  2. State v. SistrunkMissouri Court of Appeals · 2013
  3. State v. SchollMissouri Court of Appeals · 2003
  4. State of Missouri v. Gabriel L. LeonardMissouri Court of Appeals · 2016
  5. State v. PayneMissouri Court of Appeals · 2008

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