Legal Opinion

Prewitt v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided October 3, 1989No. WD 41508PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TURNAGE, Judge.

Patricia Ann Prewitt was convicted of capital murder, § 565.001, RSMo 1978, and was sentenced to life imprisonment without eligibility of probation or parole for fifty years. That conviction was affirmed by this court in State v. Prewitt, 714 S.W.2d 544 (Mo.App.1986).

Prewitt filed a motion pursuant to Rule 29.15 seeking to vacate her conviction. The trial court denied the motion and Prew-itt appeals. Affirmed.

Prewitt first contends that her motion should have been sustained because her constitutional rights were violated when the bailiff told the jury, during its deliberations,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. O'NEAL v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1989
  2. State v. PrewittMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
  3. Kretzer v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Patricia Ann Prewitt v. Bryan Goeke William TurnerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
  2. Prewitt v. GoekeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992

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