State v. Jones

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that that the failure to define possession in a verdict director, where “possession” is an essential element of the offense charged, is prejudicial error
• court applied § 562.021.2, RSMo 1986 to require a culpable mental state for unlawful possession of a concealed weapon where crime committed before its repeal
• failure to define possession in a verdict director for unlawful possession of a concealable firearm, where possession is an essential element of the offense charged, is prejudicial error
• the instruction failed to include the required definition of “possession”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Rushing
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1996-11-19· cited 77×
• Jungerman v. City of Raytown
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1996-06-25· cited 63×
• State v. Farris
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2004-01-27· cited 40×
• State v. Ramires
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2004-12-21· cited 33×
• State v. Self
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2005-02-15· cited 31×
• State v. Neal
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2010-11-02· cited 20×
• State v. Smith
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2004-12-07· cited 12×
• State v. Meza
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1997-03-25· cited 8×
• State v. Richards
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2009-12-29· cited 6×
• State v. Huff
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1994-05-31· cited 5×
• State v. Arnold
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2013-04-02· cited 5×
• State of Missouri v. Anthony James Smith
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2020-01-14
• STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent v. WILLIAM BRYCE CREUTZ, JR.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2022-12-21