Legal Opinion
State v. Beck
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided April 2, 1985No. 65915PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BILLINGS, Judge.
Defendant Joseph Nicholas Beck was convicted of two counts of capital murder under § 565.001, RSMo 1978 and sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, reversed the judgment. We granted transfer because of the general importance and interest of the questions presented by this case. We affirm.
This case involves two threshold questions: (1) whether defendant made a knowing and intelligent waiver of the protections afforded him under the Fifth Amendment1 before he made oral and written statements to St. Charles County…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by55 opinions
- Moran v. BurbineSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Traylor v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
- State v. ParkerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1994
- State v. ReedSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1993
- State v. Villa-PerezSupreme Court of Missouri · 1992
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