Legal Opinion
State v. Miller
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided July 1, 1986No. 13368PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOGAN, Presiding Judge.
A jury has found defendant Verdia Miller guilty of capital murder as defined by § 565.001, RSMo 1978, now repealed. Her punishment was assessed at imprisonment for and during the term of her natural life, as authorized by former § 565.008.1. The defendant appeals.
On October 20, 1978, one Larry Dean Smiddy was shot to death in Newton County. Shortly before he was killed, Smiddy had gone to the defendant’s residence in the company of two other men, Edward “Shyster” Jackson and Bobby Joe Mingo. The defendant was well acquainted with Jackson and Mingo. It was fairly…
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