Supreme Court of Missouri· 3/24/1998

State v. Chaney

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967 S.W.2d 47
1998 Mo. LEXIS 29
1998 WL 130831

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recognizing that the “equally valid inferences” rule was abolished by Grim, 854 S.W.2d at 413-14
holding that \[t]he equally valid inferences rule was effectively abolished\
finding death sentence disproportionate in light of strength of the evidence after comparing to other death cases
finding death sentence disproportionate in light of strength of the evidence after comparing to other death cases
stating that evidence of a known pedophile living in the area where the young victim went missing and the pedophile's lies to police about his whereabouts during the relevant time did not directly connect him to the charged murder
declining to grant plain error review of a prosecutor’s allegedly improper statements during closing argument

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Judges: Holstein, Price, Limbaugh, White, Robertson, Covington

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