Legal Opinion

McFadden v. State

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided July 17, 2018No. SC 96453PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLaura Denvir Stith, Judge

Vincent McFadden appeals the motion court's denial of postconviction relief from his conviction and death sentence for the first-degree murder of Leslie Addison. He claims the motion court committed multiple errors, including that the judge should have permitted him to question all jurors instead of just two jurors in an attempt to prove a juror knew Mr. McFadden previously, that the postconviction process was tainted by a ruling on the juror issue by a judge who later recused, and that defense counsel were ineffective in failing to call additional lay and expert witnesses in the guilt and…

2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  4. Pennsylvania v. FinleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Roper v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Lance C. Shockley v. State of MissouriSupreme Court of Missouri · 2019
  2. Grado v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2018
  3. Irving M. Patterson v. State of MissouriMissouri Court of Appeals · 2019
  4. Allen D. Giles v. State of MissouriMissouri Court of Appeals · 2019
  5. BILLIE JOE BORSCHNACK, Movant-Appellant v. STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent-RespondentMissouri Court of Appeals · 2019

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