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faulty instruction in Missouri

20 Missouri opinions name it 2 courts 1976–2022 1 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Missouri courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (10)

CaseFollowedCited
State v. Carsongreen
mo · 1997 · cited in 9 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 1997–2022
2 sentences

2022Id. “‘A faulty instruction is grounds for reversal if the defendant has been prejudiced.’” Children’s Wish Foundation Intern., Inc. v. Mayer Hoffman McCann, P.C., 331 S.W.3d 648, 650 (Mo. banc 2011) (quoting State v. Carson, 941 S.W.2d 518, 523 (Mo. banc 1997)).

2011“A faulty instruction is grounds for reversal if the defendant has been prejudiced.” State v. Carson, 941 S.W.2d 518, 523 (Mo. banc 1997) (citing State v. Betts, 646 S.W.2d 94, 99 (Mo. banc 1983)).

89
State v. Bettsgreen
mo · 1983 · cited in 5 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 1997–2011
2 sentences

2011“A faulty instruction is grounds for reversal if the defendant has been prejudiced.” State v. Carson, 941 S.W.2d 518, 523 (Mo. banc 1997) (citing State v. Betts, 646 S.W.2d 94, 99 (Mo. banc 1983)).

2009“A faulty instruction is grounds for reversal if the defendant has been prejudiced.” State v. Carson, 941 S.W.2d 518, 523 (Mo. banc 1997) (citing State v. Betts, 646 S.W.2d 94, 99 (Mo. banc 1983)).

55
State v. Strugholdgreen
moctapp · 1998 · cited in 2 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 1999–1999
2 sentences

1999Id.

1999State v. Strughold, 973 S.W.2d 876, 884 (Mo.App.

12
Children's Wish Foundation International, Inc. v. Mayer Hoffman McCann, P.C.green
mo · 2011 · cited in 1 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 2022–2022
1 sentence

2022Id. “‘A faulty instruction is grounds for reversal if the defendant has been prejudiced.’” Children’s Wish Foundation Intern., Inc. v. Mayer Hoffman McCann, P.C., 331 S.W.3d 648, 650 (Mo. banc 2011) (quoting State v. Carson, 941 S.W.2d 518, 523 (Mo. banc 1997)).

11
John Templemire v. W&M Welding, Inc.green
mo · 2014 · cited in 1 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 2022–2022
1 sentence

2022“Prejudicial error ‘is an error that materially affected the merits and outcome of the case.’” Templemire v. W & M Welding, Inc., 433 S.W.3d 371, 385 (Mo. banc 2014) (quoting D.R.

11
State v. Erwingreen
mo · 1993 · cited in 1 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 2009–2009
1 sentence

2009“If the giving of [an] instruction is error, it will be held harmless only when the court can declare its belief that it was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.” State v. Erwin, 848 S.W.2d 476, 483 (Mo. banc 1993) (citing Rose v. Clark, 478 U.S. 570, 583 , 106 S.Ct. 3101 , 92 L.Ed.2d 460 (1986)). “ ‘In order to preserve claims of instructional error for review, counsel is required to make specific objections to the instruction at trial and again raise the error in the motion for new trial.’ ” State v. Martin, 211 S.W.3d 648, 652 (Mo.App.

11
State v. Martingreen
moctapp · 2007 · cited in 1 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 2009–2009
1 sentence

2009“If the giving of [an] instruction is error, it will be held harmless only when the court can declare its belief that it was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.” State v. Erwin, 848 S.W.2d 476, 483 (Mo. banc 1993) (citing Rose v. Clark, 478 U.S. 570, 583 , 106 S.Ct. 3101 , 92 L.Ed.2d 460 (1986)). “ ‘In order to preserve claims of instructional error for review, counsel is required to make specific objections to the instruction at trial and again raise the error in the motion for new trial.’ ” State v. Martin, 211 S.W.3d 648, 652 (Mo.App.

11
State v. Oldsgreen
mo · 1980 · cited in 1 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 1981–1981
2 sentences

1981The majority’s reliance on State v. Olds, 603 S.W.2d 501, 509-10 (Mo. banc 1980), in reversing defendant’s sodomy conviction, compounds this Court’s faulty analysis and conclusion in Olds (and its progeny) that the legislature did not intend to authorize multiple punishment on convictions of first degree felony murder and the felony (kidnapping) in connection with the killing.

1981In summarily concluding that “it cannot be demonstrated that the Missouri legislature intended to allow a court to separately punish a defendant both for felony-murder and the underlying felony...” because the relevant statutes do not contain a legislative “directive that a defendant may be separately punished if one offense is determined to be a lesser included of the other,” 603 S.W.2d at 510 , this Court in Olds ignored more than seventy years of Missouri legal history in which it has been completely undisputed that a defendant may be convicted of both felony murder and the underlying felon

11
Owens v. Savagegreen
moctapp · 1974 · cited in 1 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 1978–1978
1 sentence

1978Owens v. Savage, supra, at 200.

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State v. Adamsgreen
moctapp · 1975 · cited in 1 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 1976–1976
1 sentence

1976This phrase was held to have saved a faulty instruction in State v. Adams, 531 S.W.2d 763, 764 [1] (Mo.App.1975).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Missouri. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (7)

CaseCitedYears
Hayes v. Price green
mo · 2010
1 sentence

2022Id. “‘A faulty instruction is grounds for reversal if the defendant has been prejudiced.’” Children’s Wish Foundation Intern., Inc. v. Mayer Hoffman McCann, P.C., 331 S.W.3d 648, 650 (Mo. banc 2011) (quoting State v. Carson, 941 S.W.2d 518, 523 (Mo. banc 1997)).

12022–2022
Bowman v. McDonald's Corp. green
moctapp · 1995
2 sentences

2019Rather than engage in a Smith analysis of the threshold applicability of section 324A here, however, Plaintiff has engaged in the same faulty analysis used by the plaintiff in Bowman, supra. In that case, Bowman, a customer who was criminally assaulted at a restaurant, claimed that his petition set forth a cause of action under section 324A against McDonald’s Corporation, the restaurant’s franchisor, that his proposed Instruction F accurately presented that claim, and that the trial court erred in refusing to submit that instruction to the jury.

2019Bowman, 916 S.W.2d at 286 .

12019–2019
State v. Richards green
moctapp · 2009
1 sentence

2011Id.

12011–2011
State v. Tripp green
moctapp · 1997
1 sentence

2010See, e.g., State v. Carson, 941 S.W.2d 518 (Mo. banc 1997) (“A faulty instruction is grounds for reversal if the defendant has been prejudiced.”); State v. Tripp, 939 S.W.2d 513 (Mo.App.1997) (“Failure to give an MAI-CR instruction where appropriate is error and failure to follow an accompanying Note on Use is error....

12010–2010
Rose v. Clark green
scotus · 1986
2 sentences

2009“If the giving of [an] instruction is error, it will be held harmless only when the court can declare its belief that it was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.” State v. Erwin, 848 S.W.2d 476, 483 (Mo. banc 1993) (citing Rose v. Clark, 478 U.S. 570, 583 , 106 S.Ct. 3101 , 92 L.Ed.2d 460 (1986)). “ ‘In order to preserve claims of instructional error for review, counsel is required to make specific objections to the instruction at trial and again raise the error in the motion for new trial.’ ” State v. Martin, 211 S.W.3d 648, 652 (Mo.App.

2009“If the giving of [an] instruction is error, it will be held harmless only when the court can declare its belief that it was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.” State v. Erwin, 848 S.W.2d 476, 483 (Mo. banc 1993) (citing Rose v. Clark, 478 U.S. 570, 583 , 106 S.Ct. 3101 , 92 L.Ed.2d 460 (1986)). “ ‘In order to preserve claims of instructional error for review, counsel is required to make specific objections to the instruction at trial and again raise the error in the motion for new trial.’ ” State v. Martin, 211 S.W.3d 648, 652 (Mo.App.

12009–2009
Musielak v. International Shoe Co. green
moctapp · 1965
1 sentence

2000Id. at 223 .

12000–2000
State v. Jimmerson green
moctapp · 1994
1 sentence

1998The court concluded that, “[b]ecause the faulty instruction could not reasonably be read in the context of the facts presented at trial to expand the likelihood of conviction or the gamut of defendant’s criminal responsibility, we find that he has not been prejudiced by the instruction.” Id.

11998–1998

Statutes the citing opinions construe

MO § Mo. Rev. Stat. § 566.062 (3) MO § Mo. Rev. Stat. § 573.010 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

IL 29 (1931–2025) FL 25 (1903–2018) MO 20 (1976–2022) CA 11 (1994–2024) PA 10 (1989–2020) SD 10 (1996–2014) WA 8 (2002–2012) OH 6 (1993–2020) MI 5 (2002–2022) CO 5 (1999–2021) TX 5 (1989–2017) IN 5 (1885–2019) LA 5 (1979–2005) AZ 4 (2001–2023) UT 4 (1992–2019) IA 3 (2012–2021) GA 3 (2000–2011) KY 3 (1944–2024) MA 3 (1974–2001) VT 2 (1999–2011) MD 2 (1976–1999) ID 2 (1986–2008) KS 2 (1997–2024) WY 2 (1989–1990) SC 2 (1962–1967) MN 2 (1984–2015) OK 2 (1936–2018)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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