Legal Opinion
Lawrence v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided March 22, 1988No. 53554PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARD, Judge.
Movant appeals from the denial of his Rule 27.26 motion after an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.
Movant was sentenced to consecutive sentences of life imprisonment without parole for fifty years for capital murder and life imprisonment for first-degree murder. We affirmed the convictions and sentences on direct appeal. State v. Lawrence, 700 S.W.2d 111 (Mo.App.1985).
In his amended Rule 27.26 motion, mov-ant claimed he was afforded ineffective assistance of counsel at trial, asserting numerous allegations of counsel’s failures in support of his claim. At the evidentiary hearing…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987
- Richardson v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Edward v. Lawrence v. Bill ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- Edward v. Lawrence v. Bill M. ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Edward v. Lawrence v. Bill ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- State v. LawrenceMissouri Court of Appeals · 2004
- State v. MeyersMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
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