Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District / Dec 13, 2022
State of Missouri vs. Cedrick Oliver Russell
Cedrick Russell appealed his convictions for multiple felonies, including first-degree murder and sodomy, following a jury trial. He raised six points of error concerning jury selection, public access to voir dire, denial of a mistrial, double jeopardy for a stealing count, and sufficiency of evidence for tampering. The appellate court affirmed the judgment in all respects, but corrected a clerical error in the written judgment regarding the first-degree sodomy conviction, removing the reference to it being an aggravated sexual offense.