Legal Opinion

State v. Whitfield

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided June 17, 2003No. SC 77067Published

1Opinion of the Court

107 S.W.3d 253 (2003)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent,

v.

Joseph WHITFIELD, Appellant.

No. SC 77067.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

June 17, 2003.

Charles M. Rogers, Cheryl A. Pilate, Kansas City, C. John Pleban, St. Louis, for appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Stephen D. Hawke, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respendent.

ON MOTION TO RECALL MANDATE

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge.

In 1994, a jury convicted Joseph Whitfield of first-degree murder, but could not agree on punishment during the penalty phase, voting 11 to 1 in favor of life imprisonment.[1] The judge then undertook the…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited95 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Almendarez-Torres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  4. Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

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