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
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2427881/state-v-brooks/ ↗

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The sentence of death in this case is not excessive or disproportionate to the penalty imposed in similar cases, considering the crime, the strength of the evidence, and the defendant. Appellant’s crime consisted of kidnapping Cassidy Senter, a ten-year-old child, attempting to rape her, and, in the course of that, abusing and seriously injuring her before murdering her. The child attempted to fend off the repeated, deadly blows from the wooden bed slat that appellant used to beat her head. He left her body to decompose behind a freezer in his sister’s basement. Ultimately, appellant dumped her body in an alley. Similar cases include State v. Taylor, 929 S.W.2d 209 (Mo. banc 1996), cert. denied, — U.S. --, 117 S.Ct. 1088, 137 L.Ed.2d 222 (1997); State v. Kreutzer, 928 S.W.2d 854 (Mo. banc 1996), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 117 S.Ct. 752, 136 L.Ed.2d 689 (1997); State v. Nunley, 923 S.W.2d 911 (Mo. banc 1996), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 117 S.Ct. 772, 136 L.Ed.2d 717 (1997); State v. Brown, 902 S.W.2d 278 (Mo. banc), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 1031, 116 S.Ct. 679, 133 L.Ed.2d 527 (1995); State v. Lingar, 726 S.W.2d 728 (Mo. banc), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 872, 108 S.Ct. 206, 98 L.Ed.2d 157 (1987); and State v. Mercer, 618 S.W.2d 1 (Mo. banc), cert. denied,

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