Legal Opinion
State v. Alberts
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided February 11, 1975No. 36116PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GUNN, Judge.
When arrested by two St. Louis police officers, defendant had the wristwatch of the subject of his prey in one hand, and his other hand was in the victim’s pants pocket. The victim had been asleep on a park bench when the defendant conducted his “unlawful search and seizure.” Defendant was convicted of stealing from a person under §§ 560.156 and 560.161 1 and sentenced by the trial court under the Second Offender Act2 to a term of five years imprisonment, the last 36 months of which were suspended.
Defendant, a Marine Corps Korean War veteran with an admitted alcohol problem, was…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Burgett v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Pickelsimer v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. BucklesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
- State v. HurtMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
- State v. WeltyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
- State v. CliftonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
- State v. SandersMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
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