eBook details
- Title: State Missouri v. Robert T. Sidebottom
- Author : Supreme Court of New Hampshire
- Release Date : January 14, 1988
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 72 KB
Description
Appellant Robert T. Sidebottom was convicted in a jury trial of first degree murder, § 565.020, RSMo 1986. The jury found aggravating circumstances, § 565.032, RSMo 1986, and imposed a sentence of death. Appellant claims the following points constitute reversible error: the inadvertent submission of evidence of prior crimes to the jury during their deliberations; comments made by the prosecutor in closing argument; the trial courts refusal to allow certain questions during cross-examination of a State witness; the submission of certain statements made by defendant to the police; the trial courts refusal to allow defense counsel to describe the nature of execution to the jury; the sufficiency of the evidence; proportionality of the punishment in this case to that in similar cases; and the constitutionality of the death penalty. We have exclusive appellate jurisdiction, Mo. Const. art. V, § 3. We also review the sentence as mandated by § 565.035, RSMo 1986. Affirmed.