State of Missouri v. Craig Michael Wood

SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI en banc STATE OF MISSOURI, ) Opinion issued July 16, 2019 ) Respondent, ) ) v. ) No. SC96924 ) CRAIG M. WOOD, ) ) Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF GREENE COUNTY The Honorable Thomas Mountjoy, Judge Craig Wood appeals a judgment finding him guilty of one count of first-degree murder, § 565.020, RSMo 2000, and sentencing him to death. 1 This Court has exclusive appellate jurisdiction. Mo. Const. art. V, § 3. The judgment is affirmed. Factual and Procedural Background On the afternoon of February 18, 2014, Carlos and Michelle Edwards saw 10-year- old Hailey…