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OCR: (1976). Missouri 1aw provides for no such tial-lke procedures non-capital proceedings. Non-capital sentence enhancerent proceedings 10u include opening statements, jury instructions. final arguments or deliberations Thus, Bullingion's "underlying rationale has no application Missouri's sentencing praceedings The Double Jeopardy Clause wa: designed to protect an innocent defendant frorn the anxicty and insecurity having t face repeated attempts bi the prosecutor to obtain conviction Whatever justifications may exist extend that protection trial-like capital sentencing proceedings they plainly do tou extending those protections Although the Court of Appeals indicated that Missouri's Prior ard Persistent Offender Statute was "umigue' 11 certainly does 10u cootain the same 10 similar trial-lik ...