State v. Bolder

WELLIVER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of capital murder, § 565.001, RSMo 1978,1 and the jury sentenced him to death pursuant to § 565.-008(1). This Court has jurisdiction for original appeal. Mo.Const. art. V, § 3. Our review includes both consideration of alleged trial errors and review of the death sentence. § 565.014. We affirm both the conviction for capital murder and the sentence of death.

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The offense occurred in the Missouri State Penitentiary. Appellant Bolder was serving a life sentence for first degree murder.

On March 14, 1979, at approximately 3:15 p. m., vocational teachers…