Legal Opinion
State v. Crawford
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided July 6, 1976No. KCD 26795-26809PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT R. WELBORN, Special Judge.
On a change of venue from Clay County, a jury in the Buchanan County Circuit Court found Melvin Lee Crawford guilty of robbery in the first degree. The jury did not agree upon the punishment, and, after defendant’s motion for new trial had been overruled, the court fixed the punishment at 30 years’ imprisonment and entered judgment and sentence accordingly. This appeal followed.
On July 8, 1972, at around 9:20 A.M., two men entered Braun’s Jewelry on the square in Liberty, Missouri. After asking the operator of the store, Melford G. Braun, to see some diamonds,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- State v. RaspberrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1970
- State v. HeinrichMissouri Court of Appeals · 1973
- State v. HendersonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974
- State v. BealSupreme Court of Missouri · 1971
- Eloyd Morrow v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by18 opinions
- State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Missouri · 2009
- Gammage v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1982
- State v. HankinsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
- State v. HarperMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
- State v. McMillianMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
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