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STATE v. WHITFIELD

No. 77067.

939 S.W.2d 361 (1997)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Joseph WHITFIELD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. John Pleban, Richard P. Hereford, St. Louis, for appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, Christine M. Blegen, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, for respondent.

LIMBAUGH, Judge.

A jury convicted Joseph Whitfield of first degree murder and armed criminal action. After the jury deadlocked on punishment, the trial judge sentenced Whitfield to death on the murder charge and life in prison on the armed criminal action charge. The postconviction court overruled Whitfield's Rule 29.15 motion. This Court has jurisdiction. Mo. Const. art. V, § 3. We affirm the conviction, sentence, and denial of postconviction relief.

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