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Johnson v. State

Citations

  • 938 S.W.2d 264
  • 1997 Mo. LEXIS 12
  • 1997 WL 22753

How courts have described this case

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  • sentencing judge need not specifically refer to finding that the defendant is a persistent offender during formal oral pronouncement of sentence if the sentencing court previously made such a finding
  • “[assuming, without deciding, that the oral sentence always controls over the written sentence when they are irreconcilable,” finding two exceptions to the rule, 2 and stating “where the formal oral pronouncement is unambiguous, it controls”
  • oral pronouncement does not control over written judgment where court would not have had discretion to pronounce sentence different from written sentence

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Judges: White

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