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State v. Tisius

Citations

  • 362 S.W.3d 398
  • 2012 WL 724647
  • 2012 Mo. LEXIS 67

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  • acknowledging that defense counsel’s failure to object to the state’s closing argument results in plain error standard of review pursuant to Rule 30.20
  • acknowledging . that defense counsel’s failure, .to object to the state’s closing argument results in plain error standard of review pursuant to Rule 30.20
  • upholding a trial court’s admission of a complaint to which the defendant had pleaded guilty under the hearsay exception for certified court records
  • noting a properly admitted indictment only serves to prove that the defendant had been charged with a crime, not that the defendant had actually engaged in any criminal conduct
  • “[T]he failure to object during closing argument is more likely a function of trial strategy than of error.”
  • a constitutional claim of error must include citation to a specific constitutional section to be preserved for appellate review

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Judges: George W. Draper

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