Legal Opinion
State v. Fakes
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided April 10, 2001No. WD 58156PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMART, Presiding Judge.
Judith Fakes was convicted of committing involuntary manslaughter in violation of Section 565.024.1(1), RSMo 1994, and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of four years. She appeals her conviction, asserting, inter alia, that the trial court erred in allowing admission of statements which she made to police after her arrest. We reverse and remand.
Factual Background
On April 2, 1995, Walter Betts was a resident of the Higginsville Habilitation Center in Higginsville, Missouri. Mr. Betts suffered from mental retardation as a result of hydrocephalus. Among Mr. Betts’…
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