Legal Opinion

State v. Coffman

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided January 11, 1983No. WD 33165PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TURNAGE, Judge.

Spencer Coffman was found guilty of selling marijuana and was sentenced to five years imprisonment. Because Coffman had waived a jury trial, the verdict and sentence were rendered by the trial court. On this appeal, Coffman contends that the court erred in failing to reopen the case to allow the introduction of newly discovered evidence, in denying his application for writ of error coram nobis, and in failing to find that Coffman had been entrapped. Affirmed.

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. HarrisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
  2. Donati v. GualdoniSupreme Court of Missouri · 1948
  3. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
  4. Arnold v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
  5. State v. LudwigSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. State v. HunterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1992
  2. State v. MooneyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. State v. WillisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1983
  4. State v. TerrySupreme Court of Missouri · 2010
  5. State v. DavisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985

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