Legal Opinion
Battle v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided December 29, 1987No. 53105PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Judge.
Movant Thomas Battle appeals from the denial of his Rule 27.26 motion after an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.
Movant was convicted of capital murder after a jury trial and sentenced to death. His conviction was affirmed on direct appeal by the Missouri Supreme Court in State v. Battle, 661 S.W.2d 487 (Mo. banc 1983), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 993, 104 S.Ct. 2375, 80 L.Ed.2d 847 (1984), which contains a detailed discussion of the murder. Mov-ant subsequently filed a pro se Rule 27.26 motion and counsel was appointed. Counsel then filed an amendment to the 27.26 motion, and an…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987
- Tichnell v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Seales v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
- State v. BattleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1983
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Thomas Henry Battle v. Paul K. DeloCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Thomas Henry Battle v. William Armontrout, Warden of Missouri State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- Richardson v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
- Newman v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988
- State v. DeweyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1994
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