State v. Evans
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
SEILER, Judge.
Defendant was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals on the ground that the trial court erroneously admitted into evidence his confession, given at a time when he was without counsel and when he says he was not properly warned of his rights as to counsel.
Early Sunday morning, May IS, 1966, a house burned in St. Louis killing defendant’s young child. The state’s case was that defendant threw a can of gasoline into the house through a window and then ignited the gasoline by throwing in burning paper. The motive seems to have been to cause…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Brookhart v. JanisSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- State v. SampsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1966
- State v. PriceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State v. GranberrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- Cummings v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1975
- State v. LarkinsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974
- R. D. Evans v. Harold R. Swenson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- State v. BainchArizona Supreme Court · 1973
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