Legal Opinion

Collins v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided June 26, 2007No. 28104PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PHILLIP R. GARRISON, Judge.

Sammy Collins (“Movant”) appeals from the denial of his Rule 29.15 1 motion for post-conviction relief. He contends that his trial counsel was ineffective in: (1) failing to strike a juror for cause; (2) failing to impeach a witness; and (3) failing to call a witness. We affirm.

Movant was charged in Howell County with the class B felony of first-degree child molestation, a violation of Section 566.067. After a change of venue to Wright County, a jury convicted Movant and sentenced him to twelve years imprisonment in the department of corrections. We affirmed…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Anderson v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2006
  3. State v. TwenterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1991
  4. Moss v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2000
  5. State v. WheatSupreme Court of Missouri · 1989

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Hardy v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2010
  2. Lopez v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2009
  3. James R. Thompson v. State of MissouriMissouri Court of Appeals · 2019

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