Legal Opinion
State v. Taylor
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided December 8, 1981No. 43469PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRIST, Judge.
Defendant was convicted by a jury of robbery in the first degree in violation of § 569.020, RSMo. 1978 and was sentenced to thirteen years in the Division of Corrections. Defendant challenges his conviction on two grounds: (1) the victim’s identification testimony should have been suppressed as the direct result of defendant’s illegal arrest, and (2) the jury should have been instructed on eyewitness identification. We disagree and affirm.
On March 4, 1980, at approximately 3:25 p. m., James Jones was accosted by three men while removing a snow blower and gas can from a truck at…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. CrewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- State v. BerrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
- United States v. John Richard HumphriesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- State v. LynchMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
- State v. SimpsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. FitzgeraldMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
- State v. FordMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
- State v. WhitleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
- State v. BrewerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1993
- State v. CarrollMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
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