Opinion ID: 2449917
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Heading: Submission of Monetary Value and Robbery Factors

Text: The court submitted to the jury the statutory aggravating factor that the murder was committed for the purpose of receiving money or any other thing of monetary value from the victim of the murder. Section 565.032.2(4). The court also submitted the factor that the murder was committed during the perpetration of the felony of robbery. Section 565.032.2(11). Hall contends for the first time on appeal that the submission of both factors is unconstitutional, artificially inflating the circumstances of the crime. This Court has repeatedly rejected this argument, upholding the constitutionality of Section 565.032. State v. Brown, 902 S.W.2d 278, 293 (Mo. banc 1995); State v. Wise, 879 S.W.2d 494, 521 (Mo. banc 1994); State v. Ramsey, 864 S.W.2d 320, 337 (Mo. banc 1993). Hall does not present a persuasive reason to reexamine the issue. We find no error.