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STATE v. SIMMONS

No. 71739.

815 S.W.2d 426 (1991)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Willie SIMMONS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied October 16, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet Thompson, Columbia, for appellant.

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

ROBERTSON, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted appellant, Willie Simmons, of two counts of capital murder following the deaths of Leonora McClendon and Cheri Johnson and recommended that Simmons be put to death on both counts. The trial court sentenced Simmons to death in accordance with the jury's recommendation. Our jurisdiction is founded on Article V, section 3, Missouri Constitution, which places exclusive appellate jurisdiction in this Court "in all cases where...

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