Legal Opinion
State v. Roper
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided October 23, 1979No. 40741PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARD, Presiding Judge.
Defendant appeals from his conviction by the court in a jury-waived trial for the offense of possession of more than thirty-five grams of marijuana. The court sentenced him to serve a term of three years in the Department of Corrections.
In late May, 1977, Frank Chapin, a landowner in Shelby County near Clarence, Missouri, observed a little blue car parked on a country road. Upon investigation, Chapin discovered the defendant, a stranger to the area, coming out of a field carrying a coffee can and a shovel. Defendant said he had been digging fishing worms. Chapin took…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- State v. MaupinOhio Supreme Court · 1975
- Miller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959
- State v. BrooksMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
- People v. CandalariaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1953
- Nevil v. WahlMissouri Court of Appeals · 1933
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3Cited by18 opinions
- State v. MurraySupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
- State v. KerfootMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
- State v. NealMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
- In Re Marriage of RyterskiMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
- State v. ShelliMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
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