State v. Taylor
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES EDWARD WELSH, Chief Judge.
Deonta R. Taylor appeals the circuit court’s judgment convicting him of two counts of murder in the first degree and two counts of armed criminal action. He asserts that the evidence was insufficient to convict him of the offenses because the eyewitness identifications were inherently unreliable, the DNA evidence was not substantial, and no one testified that Taylor was inside the club before committing the murders outside the club after hours. Taylor also contends that the circuit court abused its discretion in denying his motion for a mistrial after a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- State v. NashSupreme Court of Missouri · 2011
- State v. NewberrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
- State v. LeticaSupreme Court of Missouri · 2011
- State v. WinfreySupreme Court of Missouri · 2011
- State v. BarrinerSupreme Court of Missouri · 2003
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