Legal Opinion

State v. Westcott

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided May 25, 1993No. WD 43284, WD 45495PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SPINDEN, Judge.

Karen Ray Westcott appeals his jury conviction of sexual abuse and sexual assault of his wife’s teenaged daughter. He appeals the trial court’s denial of a motion for a new trial and the hearing court’s overruling of his 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief when he was not given the opportunity to testify; he appeals the denial of his motion for judgement of acquittal at the close of all the evidence because, he asserts, the state presented insufficient evidence to sustain the verdict; and he appeals the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief where he alleges he was…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987
  3. United States v. Donald TeagueCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
  4. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1983
  5. Callahan v. RobtoySupreme Court of the United States · 1990

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. State v. ParkerMissouri Court of Appeals · 2006
  2. State v. GatewoodMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
  3. State v. GrayMissouri Court of Appeals · 2000
  4. State of Missouri v. Trent L. WilliamsMissouri Court of Appeals · 2014
  5. State v. HillMissouri Court of Appeals · 1994

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