Legal Opinion

State v. Swiggart

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 12, 1970No. 54834PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOUSER, Commissioner.

By indictment Duane Harold Swiggart and David Michael Lusk were jointly charged with the first degree murder of George Hassen. Lusk took a severance. Lusk, tried first, was convicted. On appeal the judgment was reversed. State v. Lusk, Mo.Sup., 452 S.W.2d 219. In Swig-gart’s case an information was filed in lieu *252of indictment, adding to the allegations of assault, conjunctively, the element of exposure of Hassen’s body to the elements. A jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree and he has appealed.

One of the grounds for reversal of the judgment of conviction in…

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2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Giles v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. State v. AubuchonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1964

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State of Missouri v. Chadwick Leland WalterSupreme Court of Missouri · 2016
  2. State v. GamacheMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. State v. CrossmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1971
  4. State v. JacksonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
  5. State v. RichardsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1971

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