Legal Opinion
State v. Heistand
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided April 15, 1986No. 67338PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMAR, Judge.
The defendant was convicted of first degree robbery, § 569.020, RSMo 1978, and second degree assault, § 565.060, RSMo 1978, receiving consecutive sentences of life imprisonment and 10 years as a persistent offender.
The case is here at the request of all of the judges of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, because a letter from the defendant to his wife was received in evidence, over the objection that it was a privileged communication. They ask us to take the case before opinion to resolve this issue. We have agreed to do so, and now retransfer the case by reason…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Pereira v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United States v. Ronald F. CalvertCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- State v. KollenbornSupreme Court of Missouri · 1957
- Darrier v. DarrierSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
- Jafarian-Kerman v. Jafarian-KermanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1967
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3Cited by11 opinions
- People v. FoskeyIllinois Supreme Court · 1990
- Townsend v. TownsendSupreme Court of Missouri · 1986
- Heistand v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
- State v. HeistandMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
- State v. TerryNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2013
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