Legal Opinion

State v. Davis

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided July 17, 1972No. 56633PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WELBORN, Commissioner.

Appeal from 15-year sentence on jury verdict finding Ezra Owen Davis guilty of robbery in the first degree by means of a deadly weapon. The punishment was fixed by the court when the jury could not agree on the punishment.

At around 2:00 P.M. on July 14, 1970, Debra Love and her sister, Jessie, were among the passengers on a Lee Avenue bus, operated by the Bi-State Transit Authority, traveling on 20th Street in the City of St. Louis. The bus stopped at a bus stop in the vicinity of the Pruitt-Igoe housing project and three boys carrying handguns boarded the bus. One of…

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. State v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
  2. State v. JohnstoneSupreme Court of Missouri · 1960
  3. State v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
  4. State v. CraftSupreme Court of Missouri · 1923
  5. State v. FlynnSupreme Court of Missouri · 1914

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. State v. CoeWashington Supreme Court · 1984
  2. State v. LovellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1974
  3. State v. ChambersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1975
  4. United States v. SalleyUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1980
  5. United States v. Sylvester AtkinsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973

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