Add to ORKGFew challenges to a judicial determination are as disruptive as a criminal defendant’s allegation of ineffective assistance of counsel. Discovering the truth behind such an allegation is extremely difficult, owing both to the distorting effect of hindsight and the near impossibility of discovering the full extent of any damage caused by defense counsel’s alleged errors. This Note examines the genesis of the confusion concerning the current standard for granting post-conviction relief due to ineffective assistance of counsel and the Missouri Supreme Court’s most recent effort to clarify that standard in Deck v. State
Criminal defendants have a constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel. In Nebraska, def...
Robbery of a Federal Reserve Bank and jeopardizing lives by the use of dangerous weapons were the ch...
In 2008, Ronald Johnson was charged with the murder of Luke Meiners, a St. Louis attorney. On the a...
Few challenges to a judicial determination are as disruptive as a criminal defendant’s allegation of...
This Note will examine State ex rel. Amrine v Roper in light of the decision in Herrera and the subs...
In Missouri, there has always been some confusion as to the name of the judgment entered when a part...
In Missouri, to obtain a new trial based on juror misconduct, a two step process must be used. First...
In the American criminal justice system, prosecutors have an enormous amount of discretion and power...
In recent years, dissatisfied criminal defendants have increasingly resorted to claims alleging actu...
Indicted for illegal traffic in narcotics, petitioner and his trial counsel allegedly attempted to f...
This note first examines the development of the standards currently applied in Washington for determ...
Evidence of other crimes, or uncharged misconduct evidence as it is commonly called, has been import...
In August 2017, the Missouri General Assembly amended its expert testimony statute, Section 490.065....
In 1993, Reginald Clemons was convicted and sentenced to death for his alleged participation in the ...
The United States Constitution provides individuals convicted of a crime with “a second bite at the ...
Criminal defendants have a constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel. In Nebraska, def...
Robbery of a Federal Reserve Bank and jeopardizing lives by the use of dangerous weapons were the ch...
In 2008, Ronald Johnson was charged with the murder of Luke Meiners, a St. Louis attorney. On the a...
Few challenges to a judicial determination are as disruptive as a criminal defendant’s allegation of...
This Note will examine State ex rel. Amrine v Roper in light of the decision in Herrera and the subs...
In Missouri, there has always been some confusion as to the name of the judgment entered when a part...
In Missouri, to obtain a new trial based on juror misconduct, a two step process must be used. First...
In the American criminal justice system, prosecutors have an enormous amount of discretion and power...
In recent years, dissatisfied criminal defendants have increasingly resorted to claims alleging actu...
Indicted for illegal traffic in narcotics, petitioner and his trial counsel allegedly attempted to f...
This note first examines the development of the standards currently applied in Washington for determ...
Evidence of other crimes, or uncharged misconduct evidence as it is commonly called, has been import...
In August 2017, the Missouri General Assembly amended its expert testimony statute, Section 490.065....
In 1993, Reginald Clemons was convicted and sentenced to death for his alleged participation in the ...
The United States Constitution provides individuals convicted of a crime with “a second bite at the ...
Criminal defendants have a constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel. In Nebraska, def...
Robbery of a Federal Reserve Bank and jeopardizing lives by the use of dangerous weapons were the ch...
In 2008, Ronald Johnson was charged with the murder of Luke Meiners, a St. Louis attorney. On the a...