Opinion ID: 2463945
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Jury Instructions (Clayton's point 9)

Text: As his ninth point, Clayton contends that the trial court erred in rejecting his proposed penalty phase Instruction B. Instruction B included a listing of statutory and non-statutory mitigating circumstances. Clayton contends the evidence supported the two non-statutory mitigating factors and that the denial of the instruction prevented the jury from giving full consideration to mitigating evidence. Clayton's claim has been repeatedly rejected by this Court. See Rousan, 961 S.W.2d at 849; Parker, 886 S.W.2d at 928-29. The jury was given Instruction 19 that included all the statutory mitigating circumstances to which Clayton was entitled. Instruction 19 included a catch-all paragraph stating you should also consider any other facts or circumstances which you find from the evidence in mitigation of punishment. The trial court did not err in refusing Clayton's Instruction B. See State v. Copeland, 928 S.W.2d 828, 854 (Mo. banc 1996), cert. denied, 519 U.S. 1126, 117 S.Ct. 981, 136 L.Ed.2d 864 (1996). Point 9 is denied.