STATE v. SMITH

No. SC 82000.

32 S.W.3d 532 (2000)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. John Clayton SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied December 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary E. Brotherton, Melinda K. Pendergraph, Asst. Public Defender, Columbia, for Appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. gen., Shaun J. Mackelprang, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for Respondent.


COVINGTON, Judge.

Appellant, John Clayton Smith, was convicted of two counts of murder in the first degree in violation of section 565.020.1, RSMo 1994, and two counts of armed criminal action in violation of section 571.015, RSMo 1994. Appellant was sentenced to death on each count of first degree murder and to consecutive twenty-year terms on the armed criminal action counts. Appellant appeals his convictions and sentences. Affirmed.

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