STATE v. McDONALD

No. 64057.

661 S.W.2d 497 (1983)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Samuel Lee McDONALD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Robertson, Asst. Public Defender, St. Louis, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., John M. Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


BILLINGS, Judge.

Defendant Samuel Lee McDonald was jury-tried and convicted of the capital murder of Robert Jordan, an off-duty St. Louis County police officer, during the course of a robbery. The jury further found that the defendant committed the murder "for the purpose of receiving money or any other thing of monetary value by taking [Jordan's] wallet" and fixed his punishment at death. The death sentence was duly imposed. We affirm.

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