STATE v. MATHENIA

No. 66734.

702 S.W.2d 840 (1986)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Charles Lee MATHENIA, a/k/a Chuck Lee Mathenia, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied February 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.J. Larkin, Columbia, for appellant.

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., John M. Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


DONNELLY, Judge.

Appellant, Charles Lee Mathenia, was convicted by a jury of two counts of capital murder and sentenced to death in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County. We have exclusive appellate jurisdiction under Mo. Const. art. V, § 3.

The sufficiency of the evidence being uncontested, a brief rendition of the facts is as follows:

Decedents were Daisy Nash, 72, and her mentally impaired sister Louanna Bailey, aged 70. Appellant had lived...

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