Legal Opinion

Williamson v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided December 8, 1987No. 52826PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

CRIST, Judge.

Movant appeals from the denial of his Rule 27.26 motion after an evidentiary hearing. His conviction for Second Degree Murder and the thirty-year prison sentence imposed for that conviction were affirmed on direct appeal. State v. Williamson, 657 S.W.2d 311 (Mo.App.1983). We affirm.

Movant claims his trial counsel was ineffective because he did not call as a witness the medical examiner who autopsied the victim, and because he did not introduce the autopsy report into evidence. At the evidentiary hearing, counsel testified that in his opinion neither the medical examiner nor the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Franklin v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. State v. WilliamsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Jewell Williamson v. Jim JonesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991

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