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Criminal Law: Second-Degree Murder-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence-Defendant’s ‘Personal History and Characteristics’
Defendant pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old son following her infliction of a fatal beating on her son. On appeal, defendant argued that her 480-month sentence was substantively unreasonable because the district court failed to consider her personal history and characteristics and other sentences imposed in similar cases. Where district […]
Criminal Law : Second-Degree Murder – Self-Defense Theory – Sufficiency Of Evidence
State v. Jones (MLW No. 72024/Case No. SD34928 – 12 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Francis, J.)
Criminal Law : Second-Degree Murder – Self-Defense Theory – Sufficiency Of Evidence
State v. Jones (MLW No. 72024/Case No. SD34928 – 12 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Francis, J.)
Criminal Law : Second-Degree Murder – Victim’s Letter – Admissibility
State v. Hein (MLW No. 72002/Case No. ED105703 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Hess, J.)
Criminal Law :Second-Degree Murder – Self Defense Instruction – Felony Murder
State v. Oates (MLW No. 71412/Case No. SC96650 – 10 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Powell, J.; all concur)
Criminal Law : Second Degree Murder – Deliberation
State v. Sanders-Ford (MLW No. 71055/Case No. SD34544 – 5 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Scott, J.)
Criminal Law : Second-Degree Murder – Notice – Sufficiency Of Evidence
State v. Hendren (MLW No. 70313/Case No. WD78751 – 16 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ahuja, J.)
Criminal Law : Second-Degree Murder – Sufficiency Of Evidence – Victim’s Mother
State v. Taylor (MLW No. 69606/Case No. ED103520 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Odenwald, J.)
Criminal Law : Second-Degree Murder – Lesser-Included Offense – Sentencing Disparity
U.S. v. Lasley (MLW No. 69551/Case No. 15-1738 – 22 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.)
Criminal Law : Second-Degree Murder – Pretrial Publicity
U.S. v. Contreras (MLW No. 68870/Case No. 14-3789 – 20 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Smith, J.)
Criminal Law : Second-Degree Murder – Child Abuse – Sufficiency Of Evidence
State v. Evans (MLW No. 68349/Case No. SD32610 – 30 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Bates, J.)
Criminal Law : Second-Degree Murder – Sufficiency Of Evidence – Crawford Violation
State v. Bennett (MLW No. 67422/Case No. SD32900 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Scott, J.)
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