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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

State v. Brooks, 960 S.W.2d 479 (1997)

Citation
State v. Brooks, 960 S.W.2d 479 (1997)
Parent Document
State v. Brooks, 960 S.W.2d 479 (1997)
Jurisdiction
Missouri (state)
Effective Date
1997-12-23

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Appellant complains also of subparagraph two. He alleges that the factor “that the defendant’s selection of the person he killed was random and without regard to the victim’s identity ...” does not narrow the aggravating circumstance sufficiently for the jury. Appellant’s claim in this respect is also without foundation. The construction narrows the depravity of mind aggravating circumstance to those murders that involve an absence of any substantive motive. See State v. Preston, 673 S.W.2d 1, 11 (Mo. banc), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 893, 105 S.Ct. 269, 83 L.Ed.2d 205 (1984); see also State v. Griffin, 756 S.W.2d 475, 489-90 (Mo. banc 1988), cert.