STATE EX REL. TAYLOR v. RUSSELL

No. SC 94602.

449 S.W.3d 380 (2014)

STATE EX REL. Leon V. TAYLOR and Willie Kelly Owens, Relators, v. Terry RUSSELL, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, en banc.

Opinion issued December 9, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Taylor and Owens were represented by Elizabeth Unger Carlyle of Kansas City, (816) 525-6540.

The warden was represented by Stephen Hawke , Caroline M. Coulter and Michael J. Spillane of the attorney general's office in Jefferson City, (573) 751-3321.


Leon V. Taylor ("Taylor") was convicted of first-degree murder, first-degree robbery, first-degree assault, and three counts of armed criminal action after shooting and killing a gas station attendant in front of the attendant's eight-year-old stepdaughter. Taylor's half-brother, Willie Kelly Owens ("Owens"), participated...

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