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· 4/15/1881

State ex rel. Shinn v. Stafford

Citations

  • 73 Mo. 658

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  • observing that a law is not unconstitutionally vague “merely because it could have been drafted with greater precision” (quotation omitted)
  • circumstances surrounding assault in which defendant held victim by the throat and threw her against parked cars showed such extreme indifference to life that jury could convict on charge of second degree assault

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Judges: Sherwood

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