McDonald v. Missouri

holding charge was not fundamentally defective when charge provided "by choking or strangling" while indictment alleged "by choking and strangling" | holding charge was not fundamentally defective when charge provided “by choking or strangling” while indictment alleged “by choking and strangling” | upholding for-cause challenge where venireperson twice said he could never impose death penalty, but “equivocated somewhat” in response to counsel’s questions | limiting use of open-ended questions is proper exercise of court’s discretion | jury found this aggravating circumstance where defendant repeatedly hit his mother-in-law over the head with an iron pan | jury found this aggravating circumstance where defendant repeat edly hit his mother-in-law over the head with an iron pan | “It is . . . clear that the new rule [703] is not confined in its application to medical and psychiatric experts.” | "It is... clear that the new rule [703] is not confined in its application to medical and psychiatric experts." | defendant beat his mother-in-law to death with a cast iron skillet inflicting multiple wounds to her head, neck and shoulders | limitation of defense counsel’s use of open-ended questions held proper exercise of court’s discretion | 2 counts of armed robbery, two counts of burglary, rape, and deviate sexual assault | 2 counts of armed robbery, two counts of burglary, rape, and deviate sexual assault | need for society to protect itself need not have support in the evidence | need for society to protect itself need not have support in the evidence | “the application of the receiving money [aggravating factor] to murder in the course of robbery would not be duplicative of an existing aggravating circumstance and is thus even more reasonable”