Legal Opinion
Peeler v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided May 10, 1988No. 53136, 53179PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PUDLOWSKI, Judge.
Movants appeal the denial of their Rule 27.26 motion after an evidentiary hearing. We reverse the conviction of Samuel Peeler and remand for a new trial.
Movants, Samuel and Dennis Peeler, father and son, were convicted on November 3,1978 after a joint jury trial in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis of second degree murder and common assault. Mov-ants’ convictions were affirmed on direct appeal in State v. Peeler, 604 S.W.2d 662 (Mo.App.1980) which contains a detailed description of the events leading to conviction.
On August 23, 1984 movants filed a pro se petition…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- United States of America Ex Rel. Rogelio Nieves Negron v. The State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
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