Legal Opinion
Stokes v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided January 29, 1985No. 48207PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMON, Presiding Judge.
Winford L. Stokes, movant, appeals from a judgment denying his Rule 27.26 motion after an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.
His motion sought to vacate judgment imposing a sentence of death, following a jury trial, on a charge of capital murder. Section 565.001 RSMo:1978. This judgment was affirmed on appeal in State v. Stokes, 638 S.W.2d 715 (Mo. banc 1982).
Movant contends the trial court erred: (1) in upholding his conviction and death sentence because, as a result of the ineffective assistance of his trial counsel, movant was forced to trial when the state withdrew its…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Mabry v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Charles Milton v. Raymond K. Procunier, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- State v. StokesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
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3Cited by71 opinions
- Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987
- Leisure v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1992
- State v. TichnellCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1986
- Winford L. Stokes, Jr. v. William M. Armontrout, William L. WebsterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- O'NEAL v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1989
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