The Missouri Supreme Court on Oct. 1 made the unusual decision to sustain a state inmate’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus and to appoint a special master to oversee the proceedings, marking the latest twist in a mysterious, ...

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Petitioner appealed the denial of his habeas petition, alleging that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate and present mental health evidence and for giving the jury an expert report that included information that petitioner was on death row, ...

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  Petitioner was convicted in Minnesota state court, after the trial court had declared a mistrial after empaneling a jury because an unforeseen injury to the prosecutor could have delayed the trial beyond the jury’s term of service. Following conviction, ...

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  Where a defendant was issued a writ of habeas corpus based on his argument that he was being illegally detained because he was entitled to receive earned compliance credits that caused his probation to expire, which ended the court’s ...

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Booth v. Kelley (MLW No. 71421/Case No. 17-1218 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)

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Maurice Coleman v. Marcus Hardy, Warden, (Williams, J.), (Kanne, J., Rovner, J., Williams, J. on panel)

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Burns v. Prudden (MLW No. 59995/Case No. 09-1704 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Gruender, J.) Where a district court dismissed defendant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus as untimely, an intervening decision by the appellate ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday about whether a St. Francois County inmate who pleaded guilty to a crime while behind bars should be released. In 2003, Anthony Zinna appeared before a circuit judge on a felony charge of possessing marijuana while incarcerated inside the Farmington Correctional Center. According to court documents, Zinna agreed to plead guilty to the offense if he was not designated as a persistent offender.

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The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday about whether a St. Francois County inmate who pleaded guilty to a crime while behind bars should be released. In 2003, Anthony Zinna appeared before a circuit judge on a felony charge ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court has appointed a special master to handle death row inmate Reginald Clemons’ habeas corpus petition. The state high court has appointed Jackson County Circuit Judge Michael Manners to oversee the matter. Clemons filed a habeas writ ...

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Last Tuesday, as word flew across the state about a 45-page ruling clearing defendant Joshua Kezer of the 1992 murder of a young southeastern Missouri woman, one person remained in the dark. Kezer sat in his cell at the Jefferson ...

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