Legal Opinion

Flowers v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided August 30, 1989No. 16013PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOLSTEIN, Chief Judge.

Movant Connie Lynn Flowers was convicted of first degree murder, § 559.005,1 and sentenced by the trial court to life imprisonment without parole for fifty years, § 559.011. The conviction was affirmed on appeal. State v. Flowers, 592 S.W.2d 167 (Mo. banc 1979).

On November 1, 1982, movant filed a motion for post-conviction relief under former Rule 27.26.2 But for the disqualification of one judge, the retirement of a second, the filing of a first and second amended motion for relief under Rule 27.26, and the filing of movant’s motion for partial summary judgment, the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987
  3. State v. FlowersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
  4. State v. GarrettMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  5. State v. DurenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1977

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. TwenterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1991
  2. State v. WaltonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1995
  3. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  4. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  5. Flowers v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1991

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