LAWS v. STATE

No. 49530.

708 S.W.2d 182 (1986)

Leonard Marvin LAWS, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied March 25, 1986.

Application to Transfer Denied May 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn Shubik, Public Defender, St. Louis, for appellant.

John Munson Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


DOWD, Presiding Judge.

Movant was convicted by jury of capital murder pursuant to § 565.001 RSMo 1978 and the jury imposed the death penalty. The conviction was affirmed on appeal. State v. Laws, 661 S.W.2d 526 (Mo. banc 1983), cert. denied, 467 U.S. 1210, 104 S.Ct. 2401, 81 L.Ed.2d 357 (1984). Thereafter, movant sought to have his sentence vacated under Rule 27.26. After an evidentiary hearing on movant's Rule...

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