Missouri Court of Appeals· 9/9/1997

State v. Holcomb

Citations

956 S.W.2d 286
64 A.L.R. 5th 901
1997 Mo. App. LEXIS 1566
1997 WL 549594

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holding that an unborn child is a person for purposes of the first-degree murder statute
finding that where instructions were not supported by the evidence, as a matter of law it was not ineffective assistance of counsel to fail to submit them
rejecting argument that because death of unborn child was result of killing pregnant woman, it could only be second-degree murder
finding an appellate court has discretion to review a party’s claim on appeal even if a party has arguably not adequately preserved the claim
interpreting language in section 1.205 to mean a fetus in utero is considered a person for purposes of first-degree murder statute
interpreting language in section 1.205 to mean a fetus in útero is considered a person for purposes of first-degree murder statute

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Judges: Berrey, Smart, Smith

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