[DOWNLOAD] "State Missouri v. Eddie Lee Evans" by Supreme Court of Missouri En Banc " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State Missouri v. Eddie Lee Evans
- Author : Supreme Court of Missouri En Banc
- Release Date : January 14, 1982
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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Appellant Evans was convicted of first degree murder, § 565.003, RSMo 1978, and sentenced to life imprisonment, § 565.008(2), RSMo 1978. This Court has exclusive appellate jurisdiction in this case. Mo. Const. art. V, § 3. Appellant challenges the order in which the trial court conducted certain pretrial proceedings, the prosecutor's impeachment of a state's witness, and the action of the trial court in permitting the jury to hear during its deliberation a tape recording of appellant's confession. We hold that no prejudice resulted from any of the trial court's allegedly erroneous actions. We affirm. Because the sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged, an abbreviated recitation of the facts developed at trial will suffice. Paula Christine Gregory testified that she awoke at approximately 2 a.m. August 23, 1979, to her daughter's cries that a burglar was in the house. After attempting to calm her daughter, Ms. Gregory walked down the hallway of the house to investigate, and she saw appellant standing in the living room. She ran back down the hallway screaming to Joe St. Pierre, with whom she lived, that someone definitely was in the house. St. Pierre confronted appellant at the bedroom door, and a struggle ensued in the couple's bedroom. St. Pierre was stabbed with a butcher knife, which Ms. Gregory observed during the struggle. St. Pierre then left the bedroom with appellant following him. Ms. Gregory heard St. Pierre, or someone, trying to get out the front door, which was locked.