Vincent McFadden v. State of Missouri

SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI en banc VINCENT McFADDEN, ) Opinion issued April 14, 2020 ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) No. SC97737 ) STATE OF MISSOURI ) ) Respondent. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY The Honorable David Lee Vincent III, Judge Vincent McFadden appeals the circuit court’s judgment overruling his Rule 29.15 motion for postconviction relief from his death sentence for the first-degree murder of Todd Franklin (“Victim”). He claims the circuit court committed multiple errors affecting the guilt, penalty, and postconviction relief phases of his case. McFadden asserts, among…