Legal Opinion
Jessie Lee Wise v. Michael Bowersox, Supt., Pcc
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 20, 1998No. 97-1139PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Jessie Wise was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in a Missouri state court. The evidence showed that he attacked Geraldine McDonald without provocation and beat her to death with a pipe wrench on August 27, 1988. Over the next two days he burglarized her home, where he had killed her, and stole her money, her car, and her jewelry, some of which he pawned and some of which he traded for cocaine. The postconviction court denied his motion for relief. In an opinion combining review of the issues raised in Wise’s direct appeal and the issues raised in…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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