Legal Opinion
State v. Futo
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided November 27, 1996No. 63922, 67201PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRIMM, Judge.
A jury convicted defendant of four counts of first degree murder under § 565.020, RSMol986. The trial court sentenced him to four consecutive life terms without possibility of probation or parole. Defendant appeals. 1
He raises eleven points. His first is dispositive. In that point, he alleges the trial court erred in directing defense counsel not to discuss defendant’s testimony with him during numerous recesses while defendant testified, including two overnight. 2
This restriction violated defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel. See Geders v. United States, 425 U.S. 80, 96…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Geders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Perry v. LeekeSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- State v. DulanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1989
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3Cited by15 opinions
- State v. ClaySupreme Court of Missouri · 1998
- State v. WolfeSupreme Court of Missouri · 2000
- Financial Insurance Co. v. Ragsdale, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2005
- State v. NorvilleMissouri Court of Appeals · 2000
- State v. GardnerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1997
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