Supreme Court of Missouri· 6/29/1993

State v. Peters

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855 S.W.2d 345
1993 WL 173110

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affirming trial court’s adoption of this course and finding no violation of defendant’s rights under the Double Jeopardy Clause
when a jury returns a verdict in improper form, it is the duty of the trial court to refuse to accept the same
“[I]f the defendant was not guilty of assault, he cannot be guilty of armed criminal action based on assault.”
verdicts inconsistent “because if the defendant was not guilty of assault, he cannot be guilty of armed criminal action based on assault”; trial court properly refused verdicts and ordered jury to deliberate further to resolve inconsistency

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Judges: Thomas, Holstein, Benton, Price, Limbaugh, Robertson, Covington

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