Defendant appealed from his conviction for involuntary manslaughter, following an incident in which defendant and a group of cohorts got into a gun fight with members of another group and defendant’s group inadvertently fatally shot one of its own members. ...

Tagged with: Involuntary Manslaughter Self Defense

Where a defendant who was convicted of first-degree assault and armed criminal action argued that the trial court erred in failing to submit a self-defense instruction, the judgment is reversed and remanded because substantial evidence supported the instruction even though ...

Tagged with: Contradictory Testimony Self Defense

  Defendant appealed from his conviction for murder and unlawful use of a weapon, arguing that the state failed to disprove that defendant acted in self-defense and challenging the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his convictions for second-degree murder and ...

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State v. Kendrick (MLW No. 71596/Case No. WD80399 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Self Defense Sufficiency Of Evidence

State v. Kendrick (MLW No. 71596/Case No. WD80399 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Self Defense Sufficiency Of Evidence

State v. Bruner (MLW No. 71348/Case No. SC95877 – 28 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Stith, J.; Draper, Russell, Powell and Breckenridge, JJ., concur; Wilson, J.; dissents in separate opinion filed; Fischer, C.J., concurs in opinion of Wilson, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Deadly Force Self Defense Verbal Threats

State v. Clay (MLW No. 71116/Case No. SC96016 – 17 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Breckenridge, J.; Fischer, C.J., Draper, Wilson, Russell and Stith, JJ., concur. Powell, J., not participating)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Jury Instruction Lesser-Included Offense Self Defense

State v. Isbell (MLW No. 70341/Case No. ED104409 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Page, J.)

Tagged with: child abuse Criminal Law Jury Instruction Self Defense

State v. Whipple (MLW No. 69809/Case No. ED102962 – 21 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Clayton III, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law jury instructions Self Defense sentencing

State v. Hobson (MLW No. 69785/Case No. SD34195 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Sheffield, J.)

Tagged with: Closing Argument Criminal Law Prejudice Self Defense

State of Missouri v. Bruner (MLW No. 69425/Case No. SD33982 – 28 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Francis Jr., J.)

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