Legal Opinion

White v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided August 11, 2009No. ED 92081PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

PATRICIA L. COHEN, Judge.

Sonny White (Movant) appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Marion County denying his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief. Movant argues that the motion court clearly erred by finding that his trial counsel was not ineffective. Specifically, Movant contends that his counsel was ineffective for failing to move to strike a venireperson who stated that he could not be fair to Movant and who ultimately served on the jury. We reverse the motion court’s denial of Movant’s post-conviction motion, vacate Movant’s conviction and sentence, and remand…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Deck v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2002
  3. Anderson v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2006
  4. Strong v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2008
  5. Presley v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. McGuire v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2017
  2. State v. JonesMissouri Court of Appeals · 2017
  3. Ryan C. Christian v. State of MissouriMissouri Court of Appeals · 2015
  4. Radmer v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2012
  5. Kyles v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2014

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