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STATE v. STEPHENS

No. 13151.

672 S.W.2d 714 (1984)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. James Darrell STEPHENS, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One.

June 22, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. Soutee, Marionville, for defendant-appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Deborah Neff and John M. Morris, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.

FLANIGAN, Presiding Judge.

A jury found defendant James Stephens guilty of capital murder, § 565.001,1 and he was sentenced to life imprisonment without probation or parole for at least 50 years. Defendant appeals.

Defendant asserts that the trial court erred in (1) improperly restricting his right to cross-examine state's witness Hollis Freeman, (2) failing to declare a mistrial on the basis of an improper communication between...

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