State v. Jones

BLACKMAR, Judge.

This is another in the agonizing series of capital punishment cases falling within our mandatory jurisdiction under Mo. Const. Art. V, Sec. 3. The defendant was charged with first degree murder (§ 565.020, RSMo 1986) in the killing of Stanley Albert and was sentenced to death following a jury verdict in the bifurcated trial required by law. He assigns thirteen points of error on appeal. Finding nothing requiring reversal, and concluding that the sentence is not inappropriate under the standards of § 565.035(3), we affirm the conviction and the sentence.

The defendant does not…