Legal Opinion

Neal v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided December 4, 2001No. WD 59385PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

VICTOR C. HOWARD, Presiding Judge.

Columbus W. Neal appeals from the judgment denying his Rule 29.151 motion for post-conviction relief without an evi-dentiary hearing. He alleges that the motion court clearly erred in denying his Rule 29.15 motion without an evidentiary hearing because his counsel was ineffective (1) in failing to investigate and call an alibi witness, (2) in failing to request further inquiry by the trial court into Mr. Neal’s pro se motion to dismiss and replace counsel, and (3) in failing to inform the trial court and move for a mistrial after Mr. Neal observed and…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Clyde Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  3. Morrow v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2000
  4. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1997
  5. State v. LinkSupreme Court of Missouri · 2000

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Maynard v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2002

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