Legal Opinion

Moore v. State

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided March 24, 1992No. 74002PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RENDLEN, Judge.

Defendant appeals from the denial of his 27.26 motion seeking relief from his convictions of rape, sodomy and first degree burglary. We reverse and remand.

The charges arose at the instance of M.T., defendant’s neighbor in an adjoining duplex unit, who reported that as she lay in bed on the night of September 27-28, 1985, a man wearing gloves and a ski mask raped and sodomized her. The victim testified the assailant identified himself as Darryl, the father of her children, but she knew the voice was not his. While the victim first stated she did not recognize her assailant’s…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Richardson v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
  3. Mallett v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1989
  4. Mallett v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. State v. WellsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1991

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3Cited by56 opinions

  1. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1996
  2. State v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1997
  3. Steven L. Toney v. James A. Gammon Jeremiah (Jay) W. NixonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
  4. Patterson v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2003
  5. State v. FosterMissouri Court of Appeals · 1993

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