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· 4/15/1883

Kelsay v. Frazier

Citations

  • 78 Mo. 111

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that “our review of the defendant’s double jeopardy claim under the United States Constitution requires us to consider the legislature’s articulated intent”
  • upholding prosecution on six indictments for possession of six different firearms by a convicted felon because “proof of the elements of the crimes as charged [would] in actuality require a difference in evidence”
  • detailing the difficulty of applying a given rule in subsequent cases
  • “unit of prosecution” case involving multiple indictments for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm
  • “grounds of objection not brought to the attention of the trial court will not be considered for appellate relief”
  • where provisions of statute unambiguous and consistently singular, legislature intended prosecution for each individual weapon in possession

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Judges: Norton

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