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STATE v. CLAYTON

No. 80545.

995 S.W.2d 468 (1999)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Cecil L. CLAYTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied August 3, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah B. Wafer, Office of State Public Defender, St. Louis, for Appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. General, Cheryl Caponegro Nield, Asst. Atty. General, Jefferson City, for Respondent.

WILLIAM RAY PRICE, Jr., Judge.

A jury convicted Cecil Clayton of first-degree murder for killing Deputy Sheriff Christopher Castetter. The jury recommended, and the trial court imposed, a death sentence. Clayton now appeals his conviction and the sentence of death. Because Clayton was sentenced to death, we have exclusive jurisdiction over his appeal. MO. CONST. art. V, section 3. We affirm the judgment.

I. FACTS

Cecil Clayton and Martha Ball had...

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