STATE v. BLACK

No. SC 82279.

50 S.W.3d 778 (2001)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Gary W. BLACK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied August 21, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosemary E. Percival, Asst. Public Defender, Kansas City, for Appellant.

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


BENTON, Judge.

Gary W. Black was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. This Court has exclusive jurisdiction of the appeal. Mo. Const. art. V, sec. 3. Affirmed.

On the evening of October 2, 1998, Andrew Martin, Mark Wolfe and victim Jason O. Johnson met at a Joplin restaurant. After eating dinner and drinking beer, they decided to go to a downtown nightclub. Martin and the victim got into Martin's 1996 Ford F-150 pickup, while Wolfe...

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