Legal Opinion
State v. Jackson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided August 16, 1988No. 53563PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PUDLOWSKI, Chief Judge.
After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in violation of Section 565.023, RSMo 1986, and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. We affirm.
In the early morning hours of November 14, 1986, Jennings police were dispatched to the scene of a reported shooting. Officer Morton was the first to arrive on the scene. He discovered a distraught woman standing in front of the residence near the body of a man. When Morton questioned the woman regarding the identity of the person who had shot the victim, she replied only, “Inside.”
A second officer arrived…
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- State v. ByrneMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
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