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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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The allegation of discrimination specific to this case is the prosecutor’s refusal to exchange a recommendation of life without parole for [defendant]’s guilty plea to first degree murder. [Defendant] charges the race of defendant and victim must be the reason for the prosecutor’s decision. More likely, the unique circumstances of [the victim]’s murder and the strength of the State’s case motivated the prosecutor’s decision. Where the discretion that is fundamental to our criminal process is involved, we decline to assume that what is unexplained is invidious.’ Id. at 313, 107 S.Ct. at 1778.