Legal Opinion
State v. Meaney
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided February 27, 1978No. KCD 28919PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TURNAGE, Judge.
Victor R. Meaney was convicted of murder in the second degree and the jury assessed punishment at twenty years imprisonment. Section 559.020, RSMo 1969.
On this appeal Meaney asserts the court erred in refusing to accept a plea of guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter and the failure of the State to prove a submissi-ble case of second degree murder. Affirmed.
Meaney was charged with second degree murder but following a plea negotiation with the State, a reduced charge of manslaughter was filed. Meaney, through his attorney, announced he was pleading guilty to the charge of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- State v. FrancoSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
- State v. JacksonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
- State v. HammondsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1970
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3Cited by14 opinions
- State v. HunterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1992
- Rice v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
- State v. DixonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
- Farley v. GlantonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- State v. PowellMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
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