Legal Opinion

State v. Achter

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided July 22, 1974No. 9562PublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BILLINGS, Judge.

Leslie Allen Achter was convicted by a Mississippi County jury of burglary and stealing and sentenced by the court as a habitual criminal. The only question presented by this appeal is the propriety of the trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion to suppress the use of certain evidence that was in his automobile and which had been stolen in the burglary. We affirm.

On December 20, 1972, the Bobby Johnson home near Anniston in Mississippi County was burglarized sometime between one o’clock and three o’clock in the afternoon. Among the items taken were a Revelation single-shot…

2Cases cited72 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  4. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925

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3Cited by58 opinions

  1. South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. State v. HigginsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
  3. State v. LingarSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987
  4. State v. BurkhardtSupreme Court of Missouri · 1990
  5. State v. McCrarySupreme Court of Missouri · 1981

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