State v. Griffin

BILLINGS, Judge.

Defendant Larry Griffin, 26 years old at the time of trial, was convicted of the capital murder of Quintín Moss by a jury in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis and sentenced to death. He seeks reversal, contending there was prejudicial error in the court’s instructions to the jury and in admitting certain evidence in the guilt phase of his trial. He also avers prejudicial error was committed in the reception of other evidence at the penalty stage of the trial and that the death penalty violates the Federal Constitution. We affirm.

Although defendant does not directly…