STATE v. CHAMBERS

No. 67191.

714 S.W.2d 527 (1986)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. James Wilson CHAMBERS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied September 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Schlesinger, St. Louis, for appellant.

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., Victorine P. Mahon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


BILLINGS, Judge.

Defendant James Chambers was jury tried and sentenced to death for the capital murder of Jerry Lee Oestricker. We have exclusive appellate jurisdiction. Mo. Const. art. V, § 3. In this appeal, defendant assigns as error: (1) failure to instruct on self-defense; (2) denial of his motion for change of venue; (3) improper death qualification of the jury, and; (4) refusal to allow defendant to argue an adverse inference from the State's decision...

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