Legal Opinion

State v. Ezell

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided September 25, 2007No. WD 67206PublishedCited by 8 opinions

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

  1. State v. AntwineSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987
  2. State v. NicklassonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1998
  3. State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Missouri · 1998
  4. State v. LumsdenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
  5. State v. TaylorMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. McIntosh v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2013
  2. State v. OusleySupreme Court of Missouri · 2013
  3. State v. ManleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 2013
  4. State v. LutesMissouri Court of Appeals · 2018
  5. State v. HygradeMissouri Court of Appeals · 2018

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