Legal Opinion
State v. Hernandez
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided October 28, 1997No. WD 53131PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMART, Judge.
After a jury trial in Jackson County Circuit Court, Jaime Hernandez was convicted of the Class D felony of unlawful use of a weapon pursuant to § 571.030.1(4), RSMo Supp.1995, and sentenced to twelve months in prison. Hernandez now appeals, claiming that the circuit court clearly erred in admitting into evidence a knife that the police recovered from him after they seized him. Hernandez contends that the knife was obtained only after the police unlawfully seized him, and thus the knife was inadmissible as “fruit of the poisonous tree.” We affirm the appellant’s conviction and…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- California v. Hodari D.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- State v. FranklinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1992
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3Cited by7 opinions
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