State v. Bailey
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
CLEMENS, Presiding Judge.
Defendant Bill Bailey was convicted of manslaughter (§ 559.070, RSMo 1969, V.A. M.S.) in the stabbing death of Joe Lewis Davis, Jr., and in accordance with the jury verdict was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.
Defendant does not question the sufficiency of the evidence but bases his appeal on two instances of prosecutorial argument. He contends the trial court erred in overruling his objection to improper rebuttal argument, and also erred in permitting the State’s attorney to speculate as to matter outside the record — what the deceased might have testified to.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- State v. CuckovichSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- United States v. Norman F. LefevreCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- State v. RutledgeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
- Mooney v. Terminal Railroad Assn. of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1945
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State v. ReedMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
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- State v. BurroughsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
- State v. TurnerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
- West v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2008
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