Legal Opinion

State v. Newberry

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided September 9, 1980No. 61695PublishedCited by 82 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WELBORN, Commissioner.

Appeal from conviction for murder in the first degree upon jury trial, resulting in judgment of guilt and sentence to life imprisonment.

On June 18, 1976, at about 4:00 P.M., appellant Floyd B. Newberry called sheriff’s deputies to his residence in Oakwood, Clay County, Missouri. The officers found the body of appellant’s wife, Roxanne New-berry, in her bedroom. Her throat had been slashed and she had stab wounds in her chest. Subsequent laboratory tests indicated that she had been raped and sodomized. Appellant told investigating officers that he had left the house at…

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2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Dutton v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Douglas v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. State v. SpicaSupreme Court of Missouri · 1965

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3Cited by82 opinions

  1. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1983
  2. State v. LaRetteSupreme Court of Missouri · 1983
  3. State v. GiffinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
  4. State v. NelsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1991
  5. State v. EvansSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982

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