STATE v. NICKLASSON

No. 79163.

967 S.W.2d 596 (1998)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Allen L. NICKLASSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing March 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Bailey, Mesa, Ariz., Patrick J. Berrigan, Kansas City, for appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Cheryl A. Caponegro, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


ROBERTSON, Judge.

Allen Nicklasson took Richard Drummond, a Good Samaritan who had given Nicklasson and his friends a lift when their car broke down, to a secluded spot, told Drummond to kneel, suggested that he say his prayers and shot Drummond twice in the head at point-blank range with a pistol. A jury convicted Nicklasson of first degree murder. The jury also recommended the death sentence, which the trial court imposed. Nicklasson appeals. We have jurisdiction...

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