Legal Opinion
State v. Laws
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided November 22, 1983No. 64421PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMAR, Judge.
A jury found the defendant guilty of two counts of capital murder and, having expressly found four statutory aggravating circumstances, assessed the death penalty. We affirm the conviction and, after exercising the statutory review mandated by § 565.014, RSMo 1978, sustain the death sentence.
The state relied on the eyewitness testimony of Norman Gilmore, who was a participant in the criminal acts charged but bargained for a 15-year sentence in return for his testimony against his brother George 1 and the defendant. Corroboration was found in admissions by George made to…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Zant v. StephensSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by60 opinions
- State v. ErvinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1992
- State v. McMillinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1990
- State v. WiseSupreme Court of Missouri · 1994
- Leonard Marvin Laws v. Bill ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- State v. SchneiderSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987
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