COPELAND v. STATE

No. 26908.

190 S.W.3d 545 (2006)

Randall COPELAND, Movant-Respondent, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

April 28, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., and Shaun J. Mackelprang, Office of Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for appellant.

Mark A. Grothoff, Columbia, for respondent.


KENNETH W. SHRUM, Presiding Judge.

Randall Copeland ("Movant") sought post-conviction relief via a Rule 29.15 motion after he was convicted of statutory sodomy in the first degree (§ 566.062).1 In his motion, Movant alleged that his trial lawyer was ineffective for failing to introduce into evidence at the criminal trial the deposition testimony of the child victim in the case. After an evidentiary hearing, the motion court vacated...

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