Legal Opinion

State v. Tressler

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided November 12, 1973No. 57401PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FINCH, Judge.

This is an appeal from a sentence of imprisonment for life following a jury verdict finding defendant guilty of murder in the first degree. We affirm.

Except for a contention by defendant that a conviction may not stand where based on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice, defendant does not attack the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction. Consequently, we need not recite all the evidence but limit ourselves to a statement of only such portions thereof as are necessary to an understanding of our decision.

On the night of June 22, 1970, Wesley Russey, a…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  5. Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State v. ThomasSupreme Court of Missouri · 1981
  2. State v. DodsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
  3. State v. ThomasSupreme Court of Missouri · 1975
  4. State v. ShumateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974
  5. State v. SistrunkMissouri Court of Appeals · 2013

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