State v. Powell

BILLINGS, Judge.

Defendant Reginald Love Powell, age 18 at the time of his killing Freddie Miller and Lee Miller, was jury-tried and convicted of two counts of first degree murder [£ 565.-020, RSMo 1986 ] for the fatal stabbings of the Miller brothers, following a brutal beating of the victims during the course of a robbery. The jury could not agree on the matter of punishment and the trial judge, finding three statutory aggravating circumstances, sentenced defendant to death on both counts. Defendant’s postconviction motion for relief was, after a lengthy evidentiary hearing, denied. Affirmed.