Legal Opinion

Fields v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided August 20, 1997No. 21352PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARNEY, Judge.

Wesley Eugene Fields (Movant) was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Missouri Department of Corrections without eligibility for parole, until after the expiration of fifty years. Mov-ant’s conviction was affirmed on appeal. See State v. Fields, 668 S.W.2d 257 (Mo.App.1984). Movant subsequently filed a Rule 27.26 motion for post-conviction relief, alleging ineffective assistance of trial counsel, which was denied by the motion court.1 This Court affirmed the motion court’s judgment. See Fields v. State, 735 S.W.2d 430 (Mo.App.1987).

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2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1991
  2. State v. DriverSupreme Court of Missouri · 1995
  3. Sloan v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1989
  4. Hemphill v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1978
  5. Mallett v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1989

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Hankins v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2009
  2. Fields v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1999
  3. STIEBEN v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2005

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