Legal Opinion
Lewis v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided February 14, 1989No. WD 40293PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FENNER, Presiding Judge.
Appellant, William C. Lewis, appeals from an evidentiary hearing denying his Rule 27.26 (now repealed) motion.
Lewis was convicted in April of 1976, after trial by jury, of murder in the first degree. He was sentenced to life in prison on April 28, 1976. On December 5, 1977, Lewis’ conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal. State v. Lewis, 559 S.W.2d 584 (Mo.App.1977).
In his first point in this appeal, Lewis alleges that he was denied effective assistance of counsel by his counsel’s failure to file a motion to quash the jury panel based on the systematic…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Duren v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- State v. DurenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1977
- Benson v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. BrasherMissouri Court of Appeals · 1993
- State v. JohnsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1993
- State v. HurtMissouri Court of Appeals · 1996
- Johnson v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2006
- State v. MillerMissouri Court of Appeals · 2006
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