Legal Opinion
State v. Woods
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided November 8, 1983No. 46730PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. BRENDAN RYAN, Special Judge.
Defendant-appellant, Burton Donald Woods, III, was found guilty of capital murder by a jury in St. Louis County who assessed punishment at life imprisonment without the possibility of probation or parole for 50 years. The trial court sentenced him in accordance with the jury verdict. He appealed the judgment to the Supreme Court of Missouri which transferred the cause to this court. We affirm.
Defendant does not question the sufficiency of the evidence, so we may be brief with the relevant facts. On April 10, 1979, at 2:45 a.m., defendant was stopped for speeding…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Lego v. TwomeySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1983
- State v. LaRetteSupreme Court of Missouri · 1983
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State v. GilmoreSupreme Court of Missouri · 1984
- Presley v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988
- State v. MerrittMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
- Burton Donald Woods, III v. Bill Armontrout, Acting WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- State v. LeipusMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
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