Legal Opinion
State v. Kelsey
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided December 7, 1979No. 10723PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TITUS, Presiding Judge.
A Lawrence County jury found defendant, Dr. Kenneth L. Kelsey, guilty of second degree murder in connection with the February 11,1976, killing of Cynthia Jane Hall at the Aurora home of Vera Ford. The punishment fixed by the jury was imprisonment for 40 years. After denial of defendant’s motion for a new trial, the trial court sentenced defendant in accordance with the verdict and he appealed.
One issue on appeal concerns the refusal of the trial court to suppress, as an exhibit of the state, a .25 caliber Colt automatic pistol allegedly used in the killing. The issue…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Marron v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by13 opinions
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