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Lance Shockley has been sentenced to death for killing Missouri Highway patrol trooper Sgt. Carl Dewayne Graham Jr. in 2005.
That sentence was handed down this afternoon (05-22-09) by Carter County Circuit Judge David Evans. A jury found Shockley guilty of killing Graham in March, but deadlocked during the penalty phase of the trial.
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Prosecutors say that Shockley gunned down Sgt.Graham, who was 37, when the trooper returned home from his shift the driveway because he was investigating Shockley as the driver in a fatal car crash that killed his best friend, Jeffrey Bayless.
That sentence was handed down this afternoon (05-22-09) by Carter County Circuit Judge David Evans. A jury found Shockley guilty of killing Graham in March, but deadlocked during the penalty phase of the trial.
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Prosecutors say that Shockley gunned down Sgt.Graham, who was 37, when the trooper returned home from his shift the driveway because he was investigating Shockley as the driver in a fatal car crash that killed his best friend, Jeffrey Bayless.
Defense attorney Bradford Kessler says he will file an appeal in the case.
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