Supreme Court of Missouri· 7/10/2001

State v. Black

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50 S.W.3d 778
2001 Mo. LEXIS 71
2001 WL 766930

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finding the trial court properly listed prior convictions as separate statutory aggravators
finding the trial court properly listed prior convictions as separate statutory aggravators
finding no improper vouching on plain error review where prosecutor argued in closing that, “I realize the magnitude of the decision that you have to make [about imposing the death penalty], because I had to make it first”
“I realize the magnitude of the decision that you have to make, because I had to make it first.”
medical malpractice in treating defendant's stabbing victim not intervening cause of vice-tim's death because defendant set chain of events into motion
the defendant must specifically request a lesser-included-offense instruction

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Judges: Benton, Limbaugh, White, Holstein, Price, Manners, Wolff, Stith

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