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STATE EX REL. TAYLOR v. STEELE

No. SC 90925.

341 S.W.3d 634 (2011)

STATE ex rel. Michael Anthony TAYLOR, Petitioner, v. Troy STEELE, Warden, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Lundt , Public Defender's Office, St. Louis, Matthew B. Larsen , Federal Public Defender's Office, Los Angeles, Robert P. LoBue , Adam Blumenkrantz and Muhammad Faridi , Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, for Taylor.

Stephen D. Hawke , Attorney General's Office, Jefferson City, for the State.

Mark G. Arnold , Husch Blackwell LLP, St. Louis, for Group of Retired Judges and Prosecutors, who filed a brief as a friend of the Court.

MARY R. RUSSELL, Judge.

Michael Anthony Taylor pleaded guilty to the 1989 kidnapping, rape, and murder of a young girl. He twice was sentenced to death for the murder.1 After multiple unsuccessful attempts to have his sentence overturned, he now seeks a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that his death sentence should be vacated. He contends that his death sentence was imposed unlawfully by a judge, rather than by a jury, and he asserts that...

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