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STATE v. JOHNS

No. SC 81479.

34 S.W.3d 93 (2000)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Alis B. JOHNS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied January 9, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melinda K. Pendergraph, Christopher A. Slusher, Nancy McKerrow, Asst. Public Defender's, Columbia, for Appellant.

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

PRICE, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted Alis Ben Johns (a.k.a. Joe Johns) of first degree murder for the killing of Thomas Stewart on October 1, 1996. Because the trial court sentenced Johns to death, we have exclusive jurisdiction over the appeal. Mo. Const. art. V, section 3. We affirm the judgment.

I. Facts

Alis Johns began spending time with Thomas Stewart in the spring of 1996. Both men traveled in the same circles...

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