STATE v. HAMPTON

No. 79354.

959 S.W.2d 444 (1997)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent v. James Henry HAMPTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pete Carter, Asst. Public Defender, Columbia, for Appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., John M. Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for Respondent.


WHITE, Judge.

James Henry Hampton appeals from his conviction for the first degree murder of Frances Keaton and the death sentence imposed for that crime.1 We affirm.

Reviewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict,2 the following facts were established at trial. At approximately 9:00 p.m. on the evening of August 2, 1992, Mr. Hampton parked a green Pontiac Bonneville in the lot of...

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