Defendant was charged with statutory sodomy. Following several hours of deliberation, the jury reported that it was split 11-1 and could not come to a unanimous verdict. The trial court granted the state’s request to provide the “hammer instruction” to ...

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State v. Brand (MLW No. 71428/Case No. ED104624 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Odenwald, J.)

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State v. Snider (MLW No. 71250/Case No. ED104507 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Odenwald, J.)

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State v. Black (MLW No. 70802/Case No. SD34310 – 13 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Burrell, J.)

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State v. Hutson (MLW No. 690961/Case No. WD78090 – 19 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Howard, J.)

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