State v. Rhodes

DUANE BENTON, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted Bernard Rhodes of first degree murder and first degree robbery. The jury recommended and the circuit court imposed the punishment of death for the murder, and life imprisonment for the robbery. This Court has jurisdiction over the appeal. Mo. Const art. V, sec. 8. The sentence of death is reversed, and the case is remanded. In all other respects, the judgment is affirmed.

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This Court reviews the facts in the light most favorable to the verdict. State v. Storey, 901 S.W.2d 886, 891 (Mo. banc 1995).

Appellant stated in his confession that, on July 16,…