Legal Opinion
State v. Purvis
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided July 7, 1975No. KCD 27364PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWOFFORD, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted by a jury of the crime of arson under Section 560.025- RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S. He was tried under the Second Offender Act and was sentenced by the court below to three years imprisonment.
On July 14,1973, at approximately 2:30 a. m., firemen responded to the scene of a burning fraternity house in Columbia, Missouri. The building was unoccupied at the time, and the origin of the fire was determined to have been in a smoldering mattress in a bedroom on the east side of the second floor and not to be the product of natural causes. At this time, the…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Beausoliel v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
- State v. PigquesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1958
- State v. AlewineSupreme Court of Missouri · 1971
- State v. GadwoodSupreme Court of Missouri · 1938
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3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. GarrettMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
- State v. MayfieldMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
- State v. McClainMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
- State v. LansfordSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
- State v. RainwaterMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
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