Legal Opinion

State v. Debler

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided June 29, 1993No. 70922PublishedCited by 110 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BENTON, Judge.

Convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree, Shelby Gene Debler was sentenced to death. His timely post-conviction motion under Rule 29.15 was overruled. On appeal, Debler raises 16 points of error. These errors deal with four separate stages: 1) jury selection; 2) guilt phase; 3) penalty phase; and 4) post-conviction motion. This Court has exclusive appellate jurisdiction. Mo. Const, art. V, § 3. The conviction is affirmed; the sentence is reversed; the overruling of the Rule 29.15 motion is affirmed with respect to conviction and dismissed as moot with respect to…

2Cases cited62 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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3Cited by110 opinions

  1. State v. TokarSupreme Court of Missouri · 1996
  2. State v. ChaneySupreme Court of Missouri · 1998
  3. State v. RousanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1998
  4. State v. HarrisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1994
  5. State v. StoreySupreme Court of Missouri · 1995

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