Legal Opinion
State v. Woodard
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided September 4, 1973No. KCD 26371PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOMERVILLE, Judge.
A jury found defendant guilty of murder in the second degree in violation of Section 559.020 RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S. and assessed his punishment at thirty years in prison. Sentence and judgment were rendered accordingly. Sections 559.020 and 559.030 RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S. Defendant duly effected his appeal.
On appeal defendant asserts six counts of error: (1) the state’s evidence was insuf-ficent to support a conviction of murder in the second degree; (2) a dying declaration of the victim was excluded; (3) the state’s attorney argued punishment for the first time in the final…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Douglas v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Nelson v. O'NEILSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by25 opinions
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1978
- State v. CoxMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
- State v. CampbellMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
- State v. CookMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
- State v. LoganMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
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