State v. Byrd

GUNN, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of four counts of capital murder and sentenced to death on each count. As aggravating circumstances supporting the death sentences, the jury found that each murder was committed while defendant was engaged in the other capital murders, and that each murder was committed for the purpose of receiving money or some other thing of value. 1 Jurisdiction of defendant’s appeal is in this Court pursuant to Mo. Const, art. V, § 3.

On appeal, defendant raises the following points: 1) that the death-qualification of jurors resulted in a jury which did not represent a…