State v. Nicklasson

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Allen Nicklasson took Richard Drummond, a Good Samaritan who had given Nicklasson and his Mends a lift when their car broke down, to a secluded spot, told Drummond to kneel, suggested that he say his prayers and shot Drummond twice in the head at pointblank range with a pistol. A jury convicted Nicklasson of first degree murder. The jury also recommended the death sentence, which the trial court imposed. Nicklasson appeals. We have jurisdiction. Mo. Const. ART. V, sec. 3. The judgment is affirmed.

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