State v. Todd
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Vernon Circuit Court. — So». E. C. Timmonds, Judge. (1) The remarks of the attorney for the State in his opening statement concerning the Claypool difficulty must have influenced the minds of the jurors. The subsequent direction of the court could not remedy the wrong that had already been done.
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Appeal from Vernon Circuit Court. — So». E. C. Timmonds, Judge. (1) The remarks of the attorney for the State in his opening statement concerning the Claypool difficulty must have influenced the minds of the jurors. The subsequent direction of the court could not remedy the wrong that had already been done. State v. Jackson, 95 Mo. 652; State v. Stubblefield, 157 Mo. 360; Evans v. Trenton, 112 Mo. 399; State v. Kennedy, 177 Mo. 116; State v. Kring, 67 Mo. 595; State v. Lee, 66 Mo. 167; State v. Shipley, 174 Mo. 512. (2) The conversation between witness Cox and deceased was not a part of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, P. J.
On an information filed in the circuit court of Vernon county by the prosecuting attorney of said county, in which the defendant, Joseph B. Todd, is charged with murder in the first degree, for shooting and killing one Robert T. Wall at said county, defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of twelve years. In due time, after said conviction, defendant filed motions for new trial and in arrest, which were overruled, to which rulings of the court defendant duly excepted, and firings the case to this court…
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