Legal Opinion

State v. Seddens

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided October 6, 1981No. WD 31964PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLARK, Judge.

Joseph Seddens was charged with and convicted of kidnapping and robbery in the first degree and was sentenced to consecutive terms of eleven and sixteen years for the respective offenses. On this appeal, he claims that the evidence was insufficient to justify submission of either charge, that instructions on lesser included offenses were erroneously omitted and that he was entitled to but was not afforded Instruction MAI-CR2d 2.37.3(2), the so-called “Claim of Right” defense instruction. Affirmed.

Because the facts of the case are explicitly involved in each of the points relied…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
  2. State v. AmsdenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1957
  3. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
  4. State v. NeighborsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  5. State v. FlemingMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State v. PorterfieldTennessee Supreme Court · 1988
  2. State v. ThompsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 2004
  3. State v. EidsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
  4. State v. BowlesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988
  5. State v. KirklandMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984

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