The Court determined that in some circumstances and under certain procedural conditions, a state's interest in protecting a child abuse victim might permit the child to testify via video deposition. The cases were in reaction to the passage in many states of protective statutes allowing for such ...
was convicted in a Missouri state court of both first-degree robbery and armed criminal action, and, pursuant to the statutes, was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 10 years for robbery and 15 years for armed criminal action. The Missouri Court of Appeals reversed respondent's conviction ...
Relevant Missouri Gun Control Statutes (Laws) Missouri Statutes, Title XXXVIII, Crimes and Punishment, Chapter 571, Weapons Offenses Armed criminal action, offense of — penalty — Section 571.015 Possession, manufacture, transport, repair, and sale of certain weapons a crime — Section 571.20 Unlawf...
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There can be no argument, however, that these Missouri statutes and cases allow interest to be awarded against the State here. A "State's waiver of sovereign immunity in its own courts is not a waiver of the Eleventh Amendment immunity in the federal courts." Pennhurst State School and ...
"SECT. 1. The judicial power of the State, as to matters of law and equity, except as in this Constitution otherwise provided, shall be vested in a supreme court, the Saint Louis court of appeals, circuit courts, criminal courts, probate courts, county courts, and municipal corporation cour...
state's substantive evidence. The appellant was not disqualified as a witness either by reason of his prior conviction or by reason of the fact that he was the accused but having availed himself of the privilege of testifying, under both statutes, "the convicton may be proved to affect his...
I am not a lawyer and many don't like how I drive. With that disclaimer out of the way, the state of Missouri lays out the scenarios where it is legal to pass on the right. It'sMissouri statute 304.016. Under this statute, there are 4 different scenarios where it is legal to pass...
There is no proper challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, and an extensive recitation of the facts is unnecessary. On review of a criminal prosecution, the State is entitled to the most favorable view of the facts in evidence and the reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom. State ...
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