Bannister v. State

HOGAN, Judge.

Defendant Alan Jeffrey Bannister was hired to assassinate one Darrell Ruestman. On August 21, 1982, he did so. Subsequently a jury convicted Bannister (hereinafter defendant) of capital murder as defined and denounced by § 565.001, RSMo 1978 (now repealed). The jury recommended that defendant be punished by death. Section 565.008, RSMo 1978 (repealed 1983). Judgment was rendered accordingly. On appeal, our Supreme Court affirmed the judgment and sentence. State v. Bannister, 680 S.W.2d 141 (Mo. banc 1984), cert. denied, 471 U.S. 1009, 105 S.Ct. 1879, 85 L.Ed.2d 170 (1985). The…