Legal Opinion
State v. Hamilton
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided May 9, 1990No. 52830, 56969PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOWD, Presiding Judge.
Defendant was convicted of five counts of rape and one count of kidnapping. He was sentenced as a persistent offender to thirty years for each rape count and fifteen years for the kidnapping count, all to be served consecutively for a total of 165 years. Defendant also filed a Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief, which was denied. Defendant now appeals both his conviction and the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion.
On October 24, 1985, the seventeen year old victim left her home at 6:15 a.m. to walk to school. As she walked, a man wearing a gray jogging suit and…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Arizona v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987
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3Cited by45 opinions
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- In Re an Investigation of the West Virginia State Police Crime LaboratoryWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1993
- Fred A. Hamilton v. Michael GrooseCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
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