Legal Opinion

State v. Lewis

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided March 13, 1979No. 39357PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of two counts of second degree murder and the resultant consecutive sentences of fifty years imprisonment on each count imposed by the court pursuant to the second offender act. We affirm.

Defendant and one or two other men were seen in the apartment of Arthur Isbell and Marie Simms stabbing Ms. Simms and ransacking the apartment. Isbell was lying on the floor. The witness to this occurrence was a ten-year-old boy. Both Isbell and Ms. Simms were dead upon arrival at the hospital from fracture wounds of the head. Defendant gave a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Oregon v. MathiasonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Beckwith v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. State v. LoveMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. State v. GreenMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. MiddletonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1993
  2. State v. HayesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  3. Swearingin v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
  4. State v. ReedSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982

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