State v. Smith

Decided 1983-04-26

Cited by 186 later decision(s) in our corpus · see the citation network in Lexace

Open in Lexace · Ask the AI about this case

From the opinion

SEILER, Senior Judge, concurring. In deciding whether the death penalty in this case is disproportionate to the penalty imposed in similar cases, considering both the crime and the defendant, § 565.014.3(3), RSMo 1978, the court again fails to state how or in what way this case differs from the many cases where the homicide was just as bad or worse, yet the jury elected life without parole for fifty years a…

Read the full opinion (source) ↗


Lexace provides legal information, not legal advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created. Citation figures are counts of later citing opinions in our corpus and may be incomplete; always read and Shepardize the full opinion before relying on it.