Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided October 19, 1999No. ED 73913PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARY M. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.
Appellant, Rodney Smith (“defendant”), appeals the judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, after a jury convicted him of murder in the first degree, section 565.020, RSMo 1994, 1 and armed criminal action, section 571.015. We reverse and remand.
On May 10, 1995, the police found the body of Toriano Burston on the floor of a vacant building. The victim died of multiple gunshot wounds. Defendant and co- defendant, Phillip Shaw, (“co-defendant”), were charged with the victim’s death. Both were charged by indictment on January 21, 1997, with Class…
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