Legal Opinion

State v. Tillman

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided November 16, 2010No. ED 94013Published

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

2Per curiam

John Tillman appeals from the trial court’s judgment and sentence entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of first-degree murder and armed criminal action. We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and conclude that the trial court did not abuse its broad discretion in determining the qualifications of prospective jurors, Catlett v. Illinois Cent. Gulf R.R. Co., 798 S.W.2d 351, 353 (Mo.banc 1990), nor did it err, plain or otherwise, in submitting the self-defense instruction, State v. Westfall, 75 S.W.3d 278, 280 (Mo.banc 2002) (instructional error);…

3Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. WestfallSupreme Court of Missouri · 2002
  2. State v. ReedMissouri Court of Appeals · 2008

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