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State v. Banks

Citations

  • 215 S.W.3d 118
  • 2007 Mo. LEXIS 29
  • 2007 WL 586742

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding reversible error when the state referred to the defendant as “the devil and the crime scene was hell”
  • “even if the prosecution’s argument was improper, reversal is appropriate only if it is established that the comment of which Appellant complains had a ‘decisive effect on the jury’s determination’”
  • “even if the prosecution’s argument was. improper, reversal is appropriate only if it is established that the comment of which Appellant complains had a ‘decisive effect on the jury’s determination’ ”
  • reversible error for prosecutor to call defendant “the devil”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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