Legal Opinion
Newberry v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided June 25, 1991No. WD 43587PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASSERSTROM, Senior Judge.
Newberry seeks post-conviction relief in a very unusual and procedurally interesting situation. On December 19, 1978, he was indicted for the premeditated murder of his wife on June 18, 1976. He was convicted by a jury of first degree murder on June 27, 1979, and on August 6, 1979, was sentenced to life imprisonment. That judgment and sentence was affirmed in State v. Newberry, 605 S.W.2d 117 (Mo.1980). No motion for post-conviction relief was filed under former Rule 27.26.
In the fall of 1988, Newberry was scheduled for a parole hearing. The prosecuting attorney of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- State v. NewberrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
- State v. DurenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1977
- State v. HansonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- State v. CarrascoSupreme Court of Missouri · 1994
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