Legal Opinion
State v. Middleton
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided June 29, 1999No. 80043PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM RAY PRICE, Jr., Judge.
A jury convicted John Middleton of first-degree murder for killing Alfred Pinegar. The jury recommended, and the trial court imposed, a death sentence. Middleton now appeals his conviction and sentence. This Court has exclusive jurisdiction over the appeal because Middleton was sentenced to death. Mo. Const. art. V, section 3. We affirm the judgment.
I. RELEVANT FACTS
John Middleton was a user and dealer of methamphetamine. On June 10, 1995, police arrested several people in Harrison County, Missouri, for possession and sale of the drug. Middleton was not one of…
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