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· 10/12/2004

State v. Polson

Citations

  • 145 S.W.3d 881
  • 2004 Mo. App. LEXIS 1463
  • 2004 WL 2289589

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding manifest injustice despite the sentences for the offense and included offense running concurrently
  • applying the rule on direct appeal of a judgment of conviction
  • “[W]e can cure the violation [of the double jeopardy prohibition] by ordering that the shorter of the [two] sentences be vacated.” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
  • a permissible inference of guilt could be drawn from the defendant’s instruction to the victim “not to say anything about the assault”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Smart, Ellis, Hardwick

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