Legal Opinion

State v. Smith

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided November 3, 1987No. 52755PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CRANDALL, Judge.

Defendant, Lafair D. Smith, appeals from his conviction, after a jury trial, for first degree tampering. He was sentenced as a prior and persistent offender to seven years imprisonment. We affirm.

On appeal, defendant claims the trial court erred: (1) in overruling his motion for a judgment of acquittal after the State’s opening statement; (2) in sustaining the State’s objection to alleged impeachment evidence which defense counsel sought to elicit during the cross-examination of a State’s witness; and (3) in denying defendant's motion to suppress out-of-court identifications.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
  2. State v. KirkMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974
  3. State v. BauersMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
  4. State v. ConleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. JoinerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1991
  2. State v. AndersMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
  3. State v. GilbertMissouri Court of Appeals · 2003

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