Legal Opinion

State v. Griffin

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided July 26, 1988No. 69733PublishedCited by 183 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BILLINGS, Chief Justice.

Defendant Milton Griffin was convicted of two counts of first degree murder, § 565.020, RSMo 1986, for the killing of two robbery victims, Loretta Trotter and Jerome Redden. The jury assessed defendant’s punishment at life imprisonment without eligibility for probation or parole for the killing of Trotter but was unable to agree upon defendant’s punishment for the killing of Redden. The trial court assessed defendant’s punishment for the killing of Redden at death. Affirmed.

Defendant has not preserved any challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence to *478support his…

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Beck v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Proffitt v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Godfrey v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by183 opinions

  1. State v. OdomTennessee Supreme Court · 1996
  2. State v. ParkerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1992
  3. State v. ErvinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1992
  4. State v. FeltropSupreme Court of Missouri · 1991
  5. State v. HarrisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1994

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