STATE v. KENNEDY

No. 13949.

726 S.W.2d 884 (1987)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Joseph F. KENNEDY, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Three.

March 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., Carrie Francke, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.

David Robards, Joplin, for defendant-appellant.


TIMOTHY D. O'LEARY, Special Judge.

Defendant, Joseph F. Kennedy, was jury-convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without eligibility for probation or parole for 50 years.

On appeal, Kennedy alleges that the trial court 1) erred in excluding from the jury panel those who expressed an inability, under any circumstance, to impose capital punishment, and, 2) violated its duty to remain impartial when, on two separate occasions, it interrupted...

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