Legal Opinion

State v. Brunson

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided August 8, 1977No. KCD 28795PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SWOFFORD, Presiding Judge.

The appellant (defendant) was tried under the Second Offender Act for the crimes of Burglary Second Degree and Stealing. The jury returned a verdict of guilty on both charges and the court sentenced him to five years on each of the two offenses, sentences to run consecutively.

Upon this appeal the defendant seeks reversal of this judgment upon a single *360ground. He asserts that the trial court erred in overruling his objection and in allowing the introduction of objectionable evidence concerning the other unrelated burglaries near the scene of the crime; such evidence…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State v. MitchellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1973
  2. State v. WilliamsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1973
  3. State v. LeeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
  4. State v. DavisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1920
  5. Chism v. CowanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1967

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. HamellMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
  2. Eddie Brunson v. Gerald Higgins, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
  3. State v. HankinsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
  4. State v. JacksonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. State v. RunyonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981

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