(DOWNLOAD) "State Missouri v. Charles Stevenson" by Eastern District, Division Three Missouri Court of Appeals # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State Missouri v. Charles Stevenson
- Author : Eastern District, Division Three Missouri Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 13, 1983
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
Description
In May 1981, appellant Charles Stevenson, brandishing a sawed-off shotgun and accompanied by armed confederates, stole money from the patrons of a bar in the City of St. Louis. He appeals from a judgment entered on his subsequent jury convictions of three counts of first degree robbery, § 569.020, RSMo (1978), on which he sentenced to serve consecutively three ten-year prison terms. Appellant's sole point on appeal is that the State's verdict directors, which blended the pattern instructions MAI-CR 2.12 (1983 Revision) (on a defendant's responsibility for conduct of another person) and MAI-CR 23.02 (1979) (on first degree robbery), "" incorporated the nebulous concept of 'acting together,' which deviated substantially from the standard of conduct expressly required [by the Missouri statutes imposing criminal responsibility for the conduct of another]."" Appellant seeks a reversal under the ""plain error"" doctrine, Rule 30.20, as the point was not preserved for appellate review in appellant's motion for new trial. 1