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State v. Phillips

Citations

  • 940 S.W.2d 512
  • 1997 Mo. LEXIS 21
  • 1997 WL 78514

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that evidence of another person's bad character is irrelevant
  • holding that evidence of another person’s bad character is irrelevant
  • finding reliability of statements made spontaneously to a person who was not a close friend at a social gathering should have been admitted in a penalty phase of trial
  • finding reliability of statements made spontaneously to a person who was not a close friend at a social gathering should have been admitted in a penalty phase of trial
  • finding reliability of statements made spontaneously to a person who was not a close friend at a social gathering should have been admitted in a penalty phase of trial
  • “mere failure to impeach a witness . . . does not entitle a movant to postconviction relief.”

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Judges: Limbaugh

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