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Title: State Missouri v. David Lee Amos
Author : Supreme Court of Missouri En Banc
Release Date : January 11, 1977
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 62 KB

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Bardgett, J. On application of appellant David Lee Amos, this appeal was transferred by this court after opinion in the Missouri court
of appeals, Kansas City district, pursuant to art. V, sec. 10, Mo.Const., as amended 1970, and Rule 83.03. The principal reason
for transfer was to consider whether the trial court erred in giving an additional verdict-directing instruction - murder
in the second degree - after the jury had deliberated for about four hours and after the jury had requested the court to define
the clause appearing in the murder-in-the-first-degree instruction which states, "and reflected upon the matter coolly and
fully before stabbing her." The jury wanted the court to compare these words with "premeditation".