Weeks v. State

140 S.W.3d 39 (2004)

Rubin WEEKS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Missouri, Respondent. and

State of Missouri, Respondent,

v.

Rubin Weeks, Appellant.

Nos. SC 85448, SC 85552.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

August 3, 2004.

Ellen Y. Suni, Phillip R. Gibson, Kansas City, for Appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Andrew W. Hassell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for Respondent.

Steven A. Drizin, Chicago, IL, Sean D. O'Brien, Kansas City, Vanessa Potkin, New York, NY, for amicus curiae.

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge.

Rubin Weeks pleaded guilty to kidnapping and forcible rape in 1992. In 2001, he filed a…