Legal Opinion
State v. Cornelious
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided June 3, 2008No. WD 67321PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES M. SMART, JR., Judge.
Otis Cornelious appeals his convictions for murder in the first degree and armed criminal action. Cornelious claims that the State impermissibly commented on his post-arrest silence in violation of his Fifth Amendment rights. Cornelious also claims that the prosecutor misled the jury as to the burden of proof on self-defense. We affirm.
Background
Cornelious was charged with murder in the first degree in violation of section 565.020 1 and armed criminal action in violation of section 571.015 for events that occurred on the night of October 21, 2003. That night,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- State v. AntwineSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987
- State v. BaxterSupreme Court of Missouri · 2006
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3Cited by11 opinions
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