Edward L. Hoeber v. State of Missouri

Edward L. Hoeber was convicted of two counts of statutory sodomy in the first degree, section 566.062.1 Mr. Hoeber subsequently filed a Rule 29.15 motion for postconviction relief alleging that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to verdict directors that violated his constitutional right to a unanimous jury verdict and for failing to hire an expert to testify at the sentencing hearing. The motion court concluded that trial counsel’s failure to object to the verdict directors did not prejudice Mr. Hoeber because no risk existed that the jurors were misled about which…