Legal Opinion

State v. Battles

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided September 2, 1980No. 40699PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SATZ, Judge.

A jury convicted defendant of burglary, second degree and stealing and assessed punishment at five years on each charge. The trial court imposed the punishment as consecutive sentences. We affirm.

As one of his grounds on appeal, defendant claims there was not sufficient evidence to support the guilty verdicts. To test the sufficiency of the evidence, we consider those facts in evidence and the reasonable inferences which favor the state and we disregard those facts and inferences to the contrary. E. g., State v. Franco, 544 S.W.2d 533, 534 (Mo. banc 1976), cert. denied, 431 U.S.…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. United States v. John Cardillo, Lawrence Harris, Ralph Kaminsky, John Knapp, Louis Margolis, and Louis PiselliCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
  3. State v. FrancoSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
  4. State v. LangSupreme Court of Missouri · 1974
  5. State v. MeiersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1967

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Mueller v. RuddyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. State v. O'TOOLEMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. State v. MartinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
  4. State v. JenningsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
  5. State v. BelcherMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987

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