Legal Opinion
Frazier v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided October 9, 1987No. 15015PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CROW, Chief Judge.
David Thomas Frazier (“movant”) appeals from a judgment denying his first amended motion per Rule 27.26, Missouri Rules of Criminal Procedure (17th ed. 1986), to vacate his conviction of murder in the first degree, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. The conviction, a result of trial by jury, was affirmed on direct appeal. State v. Frazier, 587 S.W.2d 368 (Mo.App.1979).
The sole ground relied on by movant in the amended motion was that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at the jury trial. As explained more fully infra, mov-ant’s original motion to…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Fields v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1978
- Seales v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1974
- State v. NinemiresSupreme Court of Missouri · 1957
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3Cited by8 opinions
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