Legal Opinion
State v. Copeland
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided August 20, 1996No. 73774PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLSTEIN, Chief Justice.
Defendant Faye Copeland was convicted for her complicity in the first degree murders of Paul Cowart, John Freeman, Jimmie Harvey, Dennis Murphy and Wayne Warner. She was sentenced to death for the murders of Cowart, Freeman, Harvey, and Warner. She was sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole for the murder of Murphy. Defendant filed a postconviction motion pursuant to Rule 29.15. Relief was denied after an evidentiary hearing. This Court has jurisdiction of the appeal. Mo. Const. art. V, § S. The judgments are affirmed.
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