Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Kilgore v. Bowersox

141 L. Ed. 2d 722

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1998-06-22
Topic
general

finding prosecutor's theory of how victim died was not inflammatory speculation, but rather a reasonable inference from the evidence | finding prosecutor’s theory of how victim died was not inflammatory speculation, but rather a reasonable inference from the evidence | omission of instruction on lesser included harmless where instructions gave the jury a choice between first and second degree murder and the jury convicted defendant of first degree murder | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | a defendant is not entitled to relief when error is invited

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C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.