Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Public Defender Commission v. Bonacker
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided April 1, 1986No. 67811, 67822, 67862 and 67912PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BILLINGS, Judge.
These four test cases by the Public Defender Commission seek rulings from this Court that would prohibit the circuit courts of this state from appointing attorneys employed by the Commission to represent prisoners in post-conviction proceedings under our Rule 27.26. Because of the nature of the cases and our awareness that similar writs are pending or in the offing, we expedited setting, briefing and argument.
In the petition for a writ of prohibition against Judge Bonacker, the Commission alleges his appointment of a public defender to represent a Rule 27.26 movant is in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Ferri v. AckermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Angarano v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1985
- State Ex Rel. Tarrasch v. CrowSupreme Court of Missouri · 1981
- United States v. JudgeDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1986
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3Cited by20 opinions
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