State ex rel. White v. Shinn

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN PROHIBITION

ULRICH, Judge.

Mr. Leamon White was convicted of first degree murder, § 565.020, RSMo 1986, and sentenced to death. Mr. White appealed his conviction and denial of his posteonvietion Rule 29.15 motion in a consolidated appeal. State v. White, 813 S.W.2d 862 (Mo. banc 1991), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 1103, 112 S.Ct. 1193, 117 L.Ed.2d 434 (1992). The Supreme Court remanded the Rule 29.15 matter to the motion court to make findings on the issue of posteonvietion counsel’s abandonment. Id. at 867. Judge Shinn had presided over Mr. White’s trial and had disqualified…