Supreme Court of Missouri· 10/16/1991

Oldaker v. Peters

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817 S.W.2d 245
1991 Mo. LEXIS 113
1991 WL 208797

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holding that the trial court was in a better position to evaluate the effect and tone of comments made in closing argument
noting a defendant is free to introduce evidence that a nonparty is responsible instead of the defendant
“An issue submitted by an instruction must be supported by the evidence; the submission of any proposition without sufficient evidentiary foundation is error.”

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Judges: Rendlen, Robertson, Covington, Holstein, Higgins, Wasserstrom, Blackmar, Benton, Thomas

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