Legal Opinion
Nelson v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided July 31, 2012No. ED 96850PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GLENN A. NORTON, Judge.
Alexander Nelson appeals the judgment denying his Rule 29.151 motion for post-conviction relief after an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Nelson was charged with one count of criminal possession of a weapon, two counts of first-degree robbery, and two counts of armed criminal action. Before trial, Nelson filed several strangely-worded pro se motions with the court.2 One of the motions called for the case to be dismissed because there was a military flag in the courtroom, which, according to Nelson, made the proceeding a court-martial. During pre-trial…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Godinez v. MoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Zink v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2009
- State v. TwenterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1991
- State v. JohnsSupreme Court of Missouri · 2000
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Greer v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2013
- Prince v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2013
- Gurley v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2014
- Barrientez v. BlairDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 2021
- Hubert L. Harris v. State of MissouriMissouri Court of Appeals · 2023
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