Opinion ID: 2124900
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Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Jaco's Proffered Instruction

Text: Finally, Jaco alleges that the trial court erred in refusing to submit her non-MAI Instruction A, which would have required the jury, among other things, to find beyond a reasonable doubt that aggravating circumstances exists [sic], taken as a whole, to impose punishment in excess of ten (10) years in the Department of Corrections. Having already rejected her argument that the jury had to find aggravating circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt in order for her to receive more than the minimum sentence, this Court holds that the trial court did not err in refusing to submit this instruction. A decision of a trial court not to submit an incorrect instruction cannot be error. State v. Parkhurst, 845 S.W.2d 31, 36-37 (Mo. banc 1992).