Legal Opinion

Foster v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided March 29, 1988No. 53318PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CRANDALL, Judge.

Movant was found guilty of capital murder, Section 565.001, RSMo (1978), and sentenced to death. That conviction was affirmed on direct appeal. See State v. Foster, 700 S.W.2d 440 (Mo. banc 1985), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 107 S.Ct. 14, 92 L.Ed.2d 768 (1986). Movant then brought a Rule 27.26 motion. Movant appeals from the denial of that motion after an evidentia-ry hearing. We affirm.

A review of the evidence adduced at the murder trial indicates that one of the victims, De Ann Keys, testified that she and her boyfriend, Travis Walker, were awakened about two o’clock in the…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Emmitt Foster v. Paul DeloCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
  2. Short v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
  3. Moton v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
  4. Young v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1989
  5. Emmitt Foster v. Paul DeloCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994

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