Legal Opinion

Amrine v. State

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided March 13, 1990No. 71826PublishedCited by 88 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BILLINGS, Judge.

Joseph Amrine was convicted of murder in the first degree for killing a fellow prison inmate and sentenced to death. His conviction was affirmed in State v. Amrine, 741 S.W.2d 665 (Mo. banc 1987), cert. denied, 486 U.S. 1017, 108 S.Ct. 1756, 100 L.Ed.2d 218 (1988). He filed a motion for post conviction relief under Rule 19.15, seeking to vacate his sentence. The trial court held an evidentiary hearing, made and entered findings of fact and conclusions of law, and entered judgment adverse to movant. Affirmed.

Amrine filed a pro se motion for relief under Rule 29.15. Pursuant to…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987
  3. Day v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1989
  4. Sloan v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1989
  5. State v. AmrineSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987

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3Cited by88 opinions

  1. State v. TokarSupreme Court of Missouri · 1996
  2. State v. ErvinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1992
  3. State v. TwenterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1991
  4. Amrine v. BrooksCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
  5. Leisure v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1992

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