Court Opinion

ID: 9632695
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 11:22:00.767843+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:58:39.648060
License: Public Domain

PRICE, Chief Justice,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I concur in part and dissent in part from the majority opinion.
As to the judgment of the trial court concerning the guilt of Cecil Barriner, I dissent. I agree with Judge Limbaugh that considering the strength of the other properly admitted evidence, the admission of the videotape evidence was not prejudicial. I am confident that Barriner would have been found guilty, regardless.
I am not confident, however, that the videotape evidence did not inflame the jury to the extent that the death penalty was assessed improperly under the influence of undue passion and prejudice. Accordingly, I feel compelled to reverse the judgment as to the imposition of the death penalty in accordance with the requirements of section 565.036.3(1) and would remand for a new trial as to penalty.