STATE v. SIMMONS

No. 77269.

944 S.W.2d 165 (1997)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Christopher SIMMONS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Overruled May 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melinda K. Pendergraph, Asst. Public Defender, Columbia, for Appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, Cassandra K. Dolgin, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, for Respondent.


ROBERTSON, Judge.

A jury convicted Christopher Simmons of first-degree murder and recommended that he be sentenced to death for the abduction and murder of Shirley Crook. The trial court sentenced Simmons to death. Simmons appeals, raising numerous points challenging the propriety of his conviction and death sentence and his counsels' performance. Simmons filed a timely Rule 29.15 motion which the trial court overruled. This Court's exclusive appellate jurisdiction...

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