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Supreme Court of Missouri· 5/27/1997

State v. Taylor

Citations

  • 944 S.W.2d 925
  • 1997 WL 229244

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  • explaining a victim’s family members should never give an opinion about the appropriateness of a particular sentence
  • arrests records of the State’s witnesses were requested by defendant, pursuant to Rule 25.04, at the trial court, and reviewed on appeal for an abuse of discretion
  • prosecutor committed misconduct when he urged the jury to '\put your emotion into'\ the penalty phase deliberations and \'get mad'\ at the defendant (emphasis omitted) (citing Gardner v. Florida, 430 U.S. 349, 358, 97 S. Ct. 1197, 51 L. Ed. 2d 393 (1977)
  • prosecutor committed misconduct when he urged the jury to '\put your emotion into'\ the penalty phase deliberations and \'get mad'\ at the defendant (emphasis omitted) (citing Gardner v. Florida, 430 U.S. 349, 358, 97 S. Ct. 1197, 51 L. Ed. 2d 393 (1977)
  • prosecutor committed misconduct when he urged the jury to \ 'put your emotion into' \ the penalty phase deliberations and \ 'get mad' \ at the defendant (emphasis omitted) (citing Gardner v. Florida, 430 U.S. 349 , 358, 97 S.Ct. 1197 , 51 L.Ed.2d 393 (1977) )
  • prosecutor committed misconduct when he urged the jury to \ 'put your emotion into' \ the penalty phase deliberations and \ 'get mad' \ at the defendant (emphasis omitted) (citing Gardner v. Florida, 430 U.S. 349 , 358, 97 S.Ct. 1197 , 51 L.Ed. 2d 393 (1977)

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

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