Legal Opinion
State v. Clark
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided February 1, 1983No. WD 33053PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NUGENT, Presiding Judge.
John Clark was convicted by a jury of robbery first degree, § 569.020 1 , and was sentenced to thirty years imprisonment. He appeals his conviction on the grounds that the state improperly informed the jury that the other person involved in the robbery was his brother when in fact, his brother had been acquitted of the charge one week before defendant’s trial. We reverse and remand for new trial.
On the evening of July 8, 1980, two armed men robbed the Ponderosa Steak House in Gladstone, Missouri. One of the two men carried a shotgun and the other a handgun. Defendant…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Basista v. WeirCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- State v. AubuchonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1964
- State v. CastinoSupreme Court of Missouri · 1954
- State v. FentonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1973
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. GilmoreSupreme Court of Missouri · 1984
- State v. HallMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
- State v. YingstMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
- Morris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
- State v. CarterMissouri Court of Appeals · 1993
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