Legal Opinion

State v. Masterson

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided July 7, 1987No. 14383PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOLSTEIN, Judge.

Defendant appeals a conviction under an eight-count information which includes four counts of burglary and four counts of stealing related to the burglaries. Defendant raises three issues on appeal: (1) the trial court improperly admitted evidence of unrelated criminal misconduct of defendant; (2) the prosecuting attorney was wrongfully permitted to make comment on the defendant’s failure to testify; and (3) the state had failed to disclose a prior conviction of a state’s witness and taped, written and oral statements of that witness. The judgment of the trial court is…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. State v. MurphySupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
  4. State v. CollinsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1984
  5. State v. KerfootMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. SidebottomSupreme Court of Missouri · 1988
  2. State v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1997
  3. State v. SilasMissouri Court of Appeals · 1994
  4. State v. CliffordMissouri Court of Appeals · 1991
  5. Camillo v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988

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