Legal Opinion
Fields v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided August 28, 1987No. 15030PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CROW, Chief Judge.
Wesley Eugene Fields (“appellant”) appeals from a judgment denying his motion per Rule 27.26, Missouri Rules of Criminal Procedure (17th ed. 1986), to vacate his conviction of capital murder, § 565.001, RSMo 1978 (now repealed), for which he was sentenced to imprisonment for life, without eligibility for probation or parole until he has served 50 years. The conviction, a result of trial by jury, was affirmed on direct appeal. State v. Fields, 668 S.W.2d 257 (Mo.App.1984).
The circuit court, henceforth referred to as “the motion court,” conducted an eviden-tiary hearing on…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Wainwright v. GreenfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Seales v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Fant v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988