Fields v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that appointed counsel is required after an indigent movant files a pro se motion under Rule 27.26, now repealed
• determining that case-by-case appointment of counsel was grossly unsatisfactory and adopting the per se rule that appointment of counsel was required for all indigent postconviction movants
• “Finality is a central aspect of rule 27.26. If a meritorious collateral claim exists, the rule is designed to bring it to the fore promptly and cogently”
• “Finality is a central aspect of rule 27.26. If a meritorious collateral claim exists, the rule is designed to bring it to the fore promptly and cogently”
• ‘Finality is a central aspect of rule 27.26. If a meritorious collateral claim exists, the rule is designed to bring it to the fore promptly and cogently’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

199 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1991-07-23· cited 184×
• Price v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2014-02-25· cited 133×
• White v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1997-02-25· cited 131×
• Travis M. Stanley v. State of Missouri
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2014-02-04· cited 109×
• State v. Bradley
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1991-06-11· cited 70×
• Rice v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1979-09-11· cited 69×
• Watson v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2017-05-02· cited 61×
• Barry v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1993-03-23· cited 60×
• Freddie Mack v. Paul D. Caspari
  Eighth Circuit· 1996-10-21· cited 56×
• Laws v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1986-02-04· cited 40×
• Short v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1989-05-23· cited 34×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1980-09-09· cited 29×
• Steven D. Green v. State of Missouri
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2016-08-09· cited 29×
• Edward Fields v. Donald Wyrick
  Eighth Circuit· 1982-05-28· cited 26×
• Kennedy v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1989-05-18· cited 26×
• Pool v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1982-05-24· cited 26×
• Mercer v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1984-03-08· cited 26×
• Baker v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1979-05-31· cited 25×
• Harry v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1990-11-13· cited 25×
• Willis L. Rodgers, Jr. v. Donald Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary
  Eighth Circuit· 1980-05-28· cited 24×

Cites

32 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Schneckloth v. Bustamonte
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-29· cited 11,783×
• Townsend v. Sain
  Supreme Court· 1963-03-18· cited 4,485×
• Fay v. Noia
  Supreme Court· 1963-03-18· cited 3,950×
• Sanders v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1963-04-29· cited 2,713×
• Case v. Nebraska
  Supreme Court· 1965-05-24· cited 206×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1974-07-22· cited 175×
• Drew v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1969-02-10· cited 54×
• State v. Stidham
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1967-06-05· cited 49×
• Hogshooter v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1974-09-12· cited 43×
• Gerberding v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1968-11-12· cited 29×
• Bradley v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1973-04-09· cited 29×
• Winston v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1976-02-10· cited 28×
• State v. Maxwell
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1967-02-13· cited 26×
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1973-03-12· cited 21×
• Larson v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1969-02-10· cited 20×
• McCormick v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1973-12-10· cited 19×
• State v. Fields
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1976-06-28· cited 18×
• Loflin v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1973-04-09· cited 18×
• Grant v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1972-11-13· cited 16×
• Garton v. Swenson
  W.D. Missouri· 1967-04-18· cited 16×