Supreme Court of Missouri· 11/23/2004

Black v. State

Citations

151 S.W.3d 49
2004 Mo. LEXIS 135
2004 WL 2663641

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holding the relative strength or weakness of the prosecution’s case is significant in deciding if any deficiencies in trial counsel’s performance was prejudicial
holding trial 16 counsel was ineffective in failing to impeach multiple witnesses with prior inconsistent statements related to the “central issue” of defendant’s intent
finding IAC prejudice where unoffered evidence “went to a central, controverted issue on which the jury focused during deliberations”
the right to cross examine witnesses is essential and indispensable, and a trial judge may not exclude cross-examination at all regarding a proper subject
“If believed by the jury, there is a reasonable probability that the outcome of the trial would have been different.”
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Judges: Laura Denvir Stith

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