Legal Opinion
State v. Wright
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided July 7, 1987No. 51828PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOUGLAS W. GREENE, Special Judge.
Christian Wright, Sr. was jury-convicted of murder in the second degree, § 565.021.-I,1 and sentenced to 18 years imprisonment.
On appeal, Wright contends that the trial court erred in overruling his motion for acquittal, admitting improperly seized evidence, and admitting evidence of other crimes. We affirm.
Wright contends that all of the evidence pointed to the fact that the victim, Stephanie Hughes, who was Wright’s live-in girl friend and mother of his two sons, committed suicide and, therefore, there was a lack of sufficient evidence from which a second…
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