STATE v. LAWS

No. 64421.

661 S.W.2d 526 (1983)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Leonard Marvin LAWS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Babione, St. Louis, for appellant.

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


BLACKMAR, Judge.

A jury found the defendant guilty of two counts of capital murder and, having expressly found four statutory aggravating circumstances, assessed the death penalty. We affirm the conviction and, after exercising the statutory review mandated by § 565.014, RSMo 1978, sustain the death sentence.

The state relied on the eyewitness testimony of Norman Gilmore, who was a participant in the criminal acts charged but bargained for a 15-year sentence...

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