State v. Taylor

MICHAEL A. WOLFF, Judge.

Leon Taylor was convicted in his first trial of first degree murder, first degree robbery, first degree assault, and three counts of armed criminal action. After the jury deadlocked, the trial judge sentenced Taylor to death on the murder conviction. This Court affirmed the convictions but granted a new penalty phase trial on the murder conviction. State v. Taylor, 944 S.W.2d 925 (Mo. banc 1997). In the second penalty phase trial, the jury recommended, and the court imposed, the death penalty for the first-degree murder conviction., We have jurisdiction. Mo. Const,…