Legal Opinion

Taylor v. State

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 30, 2012No. SC 92166PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MARY R. RUSSELL, Judge.

Leonard Taylor (Movant) brings this Rule 29.15 claim based on his allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel in a trial in which he was found guilty of four counts of first-degree murder and four death sentences were imposed. After an evidentiary hearing regarding some of Movant’s claims, the motion court overruled his motion. This Court finds that, despite Movant’s allegations, there was overwhelming evidence establishing his guilt, negating the prejudice prong of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). The motion court’s…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. BlankenshipSupreme Court of Missouri · 1992
  3. Moss v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2000
  4. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Missouri · 2009
  5. Goodwin v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2006

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Swallow v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2013
  2. David A. McNeal v. State of MissouriSupreme Court of Missouri · 2016
  3. John Marshall v. State of MissouriMissouri Court of Appeals · 2019
  4. Nigro v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2015
  5. De'Andre J. Cothran v. State of MissouriMissouri Court of Appeals · 2014

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