Legal Opinion
State v. Parkus
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided May 17, 1988No. 69274PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RENDLEN, Judge.
Found guilty of murder in the first degree, § 565.020.1, RSMo 1986 (effective Oct. 1, 1984), for the brutal strangulation of Mark Steffenhagen, appellant was sentenced to death. The cause falls within the exclusive appellate jurisdiction of this Court. Mo. Const, art. V, § 3, and we affirm.
Viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, the jury could have found the following: On November 24,1985, Mark Stef-fenhagen and appellant were inmates in the Missouri State Penitentiary (MSP), in Housing Unit 2-B, a Special Treatment (protective custody) Unit for prisoners who had been…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- David W. McKay v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by49 opinions
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