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WORTHINGTON v. STATE

No. SC 85783.

166 S.W.3d 566 (2005)

Michael Shane WORTHINGTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied August 2, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Swift, Office of the Public Defender, Columbia, MO, for Appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Adriane D. Crouse, Assistant Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.

STITH, Judge.

Michael Shane Worthington pled guilty to the first-degree murder of Melinda Griffin. Mr. Worthington then chose to try the penalty phase of his trial to the judge rather than to a jury. The judge imposed the death penalty. This Court affirmed his conviction and death sentence, and his related convictions for first-degree burglary and forcible rape, in State v. Worthington, 8 S.W.3d 83 (Mo. banc 1999). Mr. Worthington...

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