Legal Opinion

Terry v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided May 16, 1989No. 55213PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CRIST, Judge.

Movant appeals from the denial of his Rule 27.26 motion after an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

Movant was convicted by a jury of second degree murder and sentenced to twen ty-five years’ imprisonment. That conviction was affirmed in State v. Terry, 684 S.W.2d 874 (Mo.App.1984).

On appeal movant asserts his counsel was ineffective in making only minimal efforts to investigate the charges against him and relying on movant to furnish him with the names of potential witnesses.

“In order to prove counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate, movant must show ‘what specific…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Hogshooter v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
  2. Franklin v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. Aikens v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
  4. Black v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
  5. Lawson v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. HendersonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1992
  2. State v. JonesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1993
  3. Hanes v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1992
  4. State v. BuchananMissouri Court of Appeals · 1992
  5. Stith v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1995

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