State v. Ezell
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
RONALD R. HOLLIGER, Presiding Judge.
Charles Ezell appeals his conviction for one count of child molestation in the first degree of a nine-year-old child of his former daughter-in-law and her subsequent husband. Section 566.067, RSMo.2000. In his sole point on appeal Ezell contends that the prosecutor was improperly allowed to seek a commitment from the jury by asking whether any juror would automatically disbelieve the testimony of the victim because she did not report the abuse for a number of months after it occurred. We find that the inquiry did not seek a commitment but properly sought…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State v. AntwineSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987
- State v. NicklassonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1998
- State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Missouri · 1998
- State v. LumsdenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
- State v. TaylorMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988
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