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Tag Archives: Life Imprisonment

Criminal Law: Sentencing-Life Imprisonment

Where a defendant, who was sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the first-degree murders of his grandparents when he was 19, challenged Section 565.020 as unconstitutional as applied to him, the court is ...

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Criminal Law: Effectiveness of Counsel-Life Imprisonment-Intellectual Disability

Where a defendant, who pleaded guilty to charges including one count of first-degree murder, moved for post-conviction relief arguing that his counsel was ineffective and thus his plea was not knowing or voluntary, the judgment is affirmed because the defendant ...

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