Kilgore v. Bowersox

How later courts describe this case

• finding prosecutor's theory of how victim died was not inflammatory speculation, but rather a reasonable inference from the evidence
• Evidence supported a finding that Hooper shot Tonya because he sought to avoid arrest or prosecution for Cindy's murder. Cindy's murder, although contemporaneous in time and place, provided a sufficient predicate crime.
• Evi-dence supported a finding that Hooper shot Tonya because he sought to avoid arrest or prosecution for Cindy’s murder. Cindy’s murder, although contemporaneous in time and place, provided a sufficient predicate crime.
• where jury could conclude victims were together when killed and evidence sufficiently suggested murders were in close proximity, aggravating circumstance of great risk of death supported by the evidence in this case
• defendant employed a "hitman" to kill his wife and her friend
• a defendant is not entitled to relief when error is invited