State v. Griffin

662 S.W.2d 854 (1983)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent,

v.

Larry GRIFFIN, Appellant.

No. 63315.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

December 20, 1983.

Rehearing Denied January 17, 1984.

Frederick M. Steiger, St. Louis, for respondent.

John C. Reed, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for appellant.

BILLINGS, Judge.

Defendant Larry Griffin, 26 years old at the time of trial, was convicted of the capital murder of Quintin Moss by a jury in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis and sentenced to death. He seeks reversal, contending there was prejudicial error in the court's instructions to the jury and in…