Legal Opinion

Christeson v. State

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided April 13, 2004No. SC 85329PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RONNIE L. WHITE, Chief Justice.

I

A jury in Vernon County convicted Appellant, Mark Christeson, of three counts of first-degree murder and imposed three death sentences. This Court upheld Appellant’s conviction and sentence on direct appeal. 1 Appellant now appeals from the overruling of his Rule 29.15 postconviction relief motion, raising seventeen points of error. This Court has jurisdiction pursuant to Mo. Const, art. V, sec. 10; order of June 16,1998. Affirmed.

II

Reviewing points on appeal from the denial of postconviction relief is limited to a determination of whether the findings and…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Thummel v. KingSupreme Court of Missouri · 1978
  3. State v. RousanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1998
  4. State v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Missouri · 2003
  5. State v. SilveySupreme Court of Missouri · 1995

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Lance C. Shockley v. State of MissouriSupreme Court of Missouri · 2019
  2. Brian J. Dorsey v. State of MissouriSupreme Court of Missouri · 2014
  3. Forrest v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2009
  4. Christeson v. RoperSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  5. Cole v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2004

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