Supreme Court of Missouri· 11/3/1998

State v. Ervin

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979 S.W.2d 149
1998 Mo. LEXIS 76
1998 WL 762009

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finding no evidence that defendant's lack of sleep \affected his ability to understand and voluntarily waive his rights\ even when he had not slept for twenty-four hours
“Under the Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury, a trial court cannot strike venirepersons simply because they voice general objections to the death penalty.”
“Since the decision in Chambers, this Court has consistently held that the error in Debler was lack of notice.”
“Since the decision in Chambers, this Court has consistently held that the error in Debler was lack of notice.”
“[I]t is well established that the purpose of having a separate penalty phase is ‘to permit the presentation of a broad range of evidence that is relevant to punishment but irrelevant or inflammatory as to guilt.’”
multiple wounds support inference of deliberation

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