Legal Opinion
State v. Pollard
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided November 10, 1969No. 54065PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORGAN, Judge.
Defendant was charged with the crime of forcible rape. The punishment provided by statute ranged from two years imprisonment to death. Section 559.260, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S. The jury assessed punishment at fifty years imprisonment and defendant has appealed.
The issues presented here do not demand a detailed recitation of all the evidence. Connie, Tommie and Gloria, three young girls, left their place of employment in downtown St. Louis at approximately midnight on May 23, 1967. They walked two blocks to a parking lot to ride in Gloria’s car to their apartment house. As they got…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Estes v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- State v. SwinburneSupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
- State v. PinkstonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1935
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3Cited by20 opinions
- State v. BordenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
- State v. MitchellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1981
- State v. GranberrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- State v. CrowSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- State v. LeeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
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