Legal Opinion
State v. Petree
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided June 12, 1978No. KCD 29022PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRITCHARD, Judge.
By the verdict of a jury, appellant was convicted of the offense of murder in the first degree, and upon a finding that he was a second offender, the court sentenced him to life imprisonment in the Department of Corrections.
Appellant does not question the sufficiency of the evidence. Suffice it to say that the facts show that appellant, on May 17, 1975, fired shots into the back of his estranged wife, Dorothy Petree, in a parking lot, which resulted in her death.
Appellant’s points urging reversal and remand for a new trial all relate to contended failures of the state to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Wardius v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- State v. DaytonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
- State v. CurtisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
- State v. BurtonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. RichterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1983
- State v. WagnerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
- State v. MooreMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
- State v. BeaverMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
- State v. KelleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
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