Legal Opinion

Boyd v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided May 24, 1988No. 53420PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REINHARD, Judge.

Movant appeals after the denial of his Rule 27.26 motion without an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

Movant was convicted of capital murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole for fifty years by the jury. On direct appeal we affirmed his conviction. State v. Boyd, 706 S.W.2d 461 (Mo.App.1986).

A pro se Rule 27.26 motion was filed by movant. In it he alleged nine instances of ineffective assistance of counsel and prose-cutorial misconduct during the cross-examination of his mother. Counsel was appointed to represent him, and an amended motion was…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987
  4. Richardson v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
  5. Thomas v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. FractionMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
  2. Bevly v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
  3. State v. KramerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1991
  4. Stanley E. Boyd v. Paul K. DeloCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
  5. Mays v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1990

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