to their feet'", laying each on stomach, then stabbing each in back of neck); State v. Hurt, 668 S.W.2d 206 (Mo.App.1984) (nineteen-year old, penitentiary inmate, killed cellmate by stabbing him more than sixty times; life term imposed); State v. Scott, 651 S.W.2d 199 (Mo.App.1983) (sixteen-year old; life imprisonment; robbed elderly couple at gunpoint, then stabbed wife twenty-two times; husband, also stabbed multiple times, survived). [12] Indeed, Wilkins had on a number of occasions attempted suicide by cutting his wrist, overdosing on medication or illegal drugs, and leaping from a bridge into the path of a passing car. White v. State, 779 S.W.2d 571, 572 (Mo. But it was not his choice as to whether or not he would be sentenced to death. However, two factors distinguish Miller from the case before us. Defendant's girl friend, one of the four privy to the plan, attempted to dissuade him from his murderous plot. I'm asking the court to consider the death penalty as a [sic] more humane in the extent of possible happenings and pain received by, you know, me.... One I fear, the other one I don't.". Some four years later in the Rule 24.035 hearing, motion counsel cross-examined Mandracchia on the basis of his testing of defendant and discovered that he was unaware or had forgotten several aspects of Defendant's background, including certain hallucinations as a child. at 832-33, 95 S. Ct. at 2539-40. Not only is defendant's point procedurally flawed it misstates the facts. Defendant with the intention of robbing the victim had stabbed the victim who did not die at the instant of attack. After a guilty plea, counsel's effectiveness is only relevant in a motion for postconviction relief to the extent it affects the voluntariness of the movant's plea. The record before us is a documentary of defendant-"appellant's" exposure to and his failure to respond to almost every known social program of this society during the first almost seventeen years of his life. banc), cert. Nancy Allen was not sexually abused before or after the murder, compare State v. White, 694 S.W.2d 802 (Mo.App.1985) (indications victim may have been sexually molested after death; defendant, seventeen, received life sentence), with sub judice and Battle; and, no evidence indicated Mrs. Allen suffered for any prolonged period after Wilkins attacked her. App.1986) (defendant 15-years-old at time of murders), cert. Objections to R&R due by 8/24/2009. WILKINS v. ALLIED STORES OF MISSOURI Email | Print | Comments (0) No. The defendant may be executed for the crime to which he has pleaded guilty. Dr. Parwatikar, who examined the defendant at the request of this Court, said that he was "incompetent to waive his constitutional rights and represent himself in front of this Court." STATE of Missouri, Respondent. denied, 459 U.S. 1188, 103 S. Ct. 838, 74 L. Ed. State v. Wilkins, 736 S.W.2d 409 (Mo. The elderly woman, "naked, beaten and ravished," suffered nearly three hours before she died. The death penalty was not influenced by passion or prejudice and the evidence supports the trial court's finding of two aggravating circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt. 1979), where the court held appointment of such a legal "assistant" was appropriate. His motive was to rob his fifty-five-year old, handicapped cousin; he did so in a manner described as "classic lying in wait." Section 565.020, RSMo 1986. I would draw a line at the juvenile level. Rule 24.035(j). [3] The court constantly reminded defendant of the wisdom of professional representation throughout these proceedings. Procedurally, defendant is barred from raising the issue of his juvenile counsel's effectiveness. As preconceived one to two weeks before, an intricate plan unfolded July 27, 1985. The governing statutes on this matter do not bear out defendant's contention. There is no compelling reason *507 to hold the defendant to a decision to argue for his own death. 2d 158 (1984). In Greathouse, Allen, White, and Scott, the jury was instructed on defendants' lack of prior criminal activity as a mitigating factor reference sentence. The mortal wound was inflicted just below the victim's left eye. banc), cert. But I will not argue that the waiver of counsel was invalid. *493 Sean D. O'Brien, Kansas City, for appellant. [13] Dr. Parwatikar, who interviewed Wilkins at this Court's instance to determine his competency to waive appellate counsel, suggested defendant's youth, in turn, was a feature which distinguished his mental and emotional make-up from a mere antisocial condition. We must ask what effect could a guardian have had upon defendant's resolve to plead guilty? A mental examination was ordered and the results from the Western Missouri Mental Health Center were filed with the court on December 19, 1985. In this case, defendant entered pleas of guilty and expressed a desire to be put to death. State v. Bibb, 702 S.W.2d 462 (Mo. The juvenile court was, from its consideration of these reports and documents, aware of defendant's past mental problems. Defendant's point is denied. Stanford, a seventeen-year-old de- fendant, was sentenced to death for the rape, robbery and murder of a gas-station at- tendant. [3] As previously discussed, Duchardt was requested by the court to remain in the courtroom during all stages of defendant's trial and to be available for any questions that defendant may have had and act as "standby" counsel should defendant change his mind and wish representation by counsel. Linda's Liquors and Deli was owned and operated by Nancy and David Allen. The chronology tells a tale belying this assertion. Stanford appealed his sentence and his case was consolidated with that of Wilkins v. Missouri, involving a 16 year old's appeal of his death sentence following a conviction for murder in Missouri. Defendant's seventh point on appeal asserts his death sentence exceeds the maximum authorized by law and is violative of the Ex Post Facto Clause of the *503 United States and Missouri Constitutions. And, the conscientious trial judge offered to permit defendant to reconsider and withdraw his guilty pleas. Although the victim in this case was immediately assaulted when the robbery began, she had a substantial time in which to anticipate her fate and to plead for her life. Going further, he described the crimes and his part in their commission. banc 1983), cert. At the time of defendant's crime, the laws as previously noted provided that a person age fourteen years or older could be subjected to the general jurisdiction of a criminal court and a person tried for first degree murder could receive as punishment the death sentence. Id. § 565.020.2, RSMo Supp.1990. He now seeks postconviction relief presenting fourteen points of alleged error. The death penalty was imposed. 1982) (defendant age seventeen); State v. Allen, 710 S.W.2d 912 (Mo.App.1986) (defendant age sixteen); State v. White, 694 S.W.2d 802 (Mo.App.1985) (defendant age seventeen); State v. Scott, 651 S.W.2d 199 (Mo.App.1983) (defendant age sixteen). The record bears no suggestion of prejudice, passion or any other arbitrary factor. Nancy Allen, the store clerk, was alone, seated behind the counter, when the boys entered. The Court ordered defendant examined by the Department of Mental Health of Missouri to determine defendant's competence to waive counsel on appeal and ordered the case held under submission pending the report. 2d 306 (1989). banc 1984), cert. Introduction. The evidence included defendant's medical and juvenile records and pursuant to § 211.071, RSMo Supp.1984, the court certified that defendant could be tried as an adult. Judge McFarland refusing to rule defendant's motion to waive counsel and proceed pro se, continued the cause allowing defendant further opportunity to reconsider. at 445. Mr. Duchardt's role is not without precedent and closely resembles the situation in State v. Rollie, 585 S.W.2d 78 (Mo.App. App.1984). Sidebottom v. State, 781 S.W.2d 791, 795 (Mo. His role was that of a co-prosecutor. People Search, Contact Information, Public Records & More Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent. Hill v. Lockhart, 474 U.S. 52, 106 S. Ct. 366, 88 L. Ed. banc 1988), this Court said: In writing as I do, I realize that the trial court found the defendant competent to stand trial. banc), cert. On considering the psychiatrists' testimony at an April 16, 1986, hearing, the trial court found Wilkins competent to proceed. During direct examination of Logan in the sentencing hearing, the trial court turned to defendant and inquired if he "waived any privilege that you [defendant] might have to not have this witness [Dr. Logan] testify." State v. Lashley, 667 S.W.2d 712 (Mo. Wilkins maintained he would kill anyone present to conceal the perpetrators' identities. Id. at 961 (juveniles may validly waive both self-incrimination and right to counsel privileges). See Rule 24.035(f). As to this age group of offenders, then, the absence, and thus presence, of a significant history of criminal acts may be an unreliable predicate for proportionality review. 2d 1 (1982). Id. Nancy Allen fell face down onto the floor. 2d 246 (1983). A hearing on the amended motions was conducted by Judge McFarland during the period May 22-26, and concluding on June 5, 1989, in which the defendant called five doctors who testified concerning his competence. As the *506 trial judge said in his findings, both the prosecutor and the defendant urged the death sentence. This plan was aborted when a patrolling police officer happened into the area. State v. Howard, 668 S.W.2d 191, 195 (Mo. [7] But the jury was similarly instructed in State v. *421 Battle, 661 S.W.2d 487 (Mo. App.1983), defendant on direct appeal challenged the effectiveness of counsel before the juvenile court in a § 211.071, RSMo 1978 proceeding, which resulted in defendant's certification for trial as an adult. [1] The trial *413 court first became fully aware of this turn of events at the April 16th competency hearing. "For some on death row, however, the darkest fear is not execution, but the prospect of living out their natural years incarcerated in a six-by-nine cell, under constant surveillance, with little or no hope of ever regaining their freedom." In State v. Abbott, 654 S.W.2d 260 (Mo. The facts are undisputed, drawn from defendant's statements to a police investigator and to the trial court during the sentencing phase, from reports and testimony of psychiatrists who examined defendant, and from the report of a presentence investigator. Defendant then described to Stevens a plan to rob Linda's Liquors, which was later communicated to two other confederates, Ray Thompson and Marjorie Filipiak. 1. We are mindful that an effective waiver of counsel must be voluntarily, knowingly and intelligently executed, Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 95 S. Ct. 2525, 2541, 45 L. Ed. What harm can there be in allowing a trial? Only in this way can the court have the proper foundation for an informed decision. [4] The Court commends Mr. Duchardt's service to the court below, under what undoubtedly were frustrating circumstances. It defies credulity to assert that imposition of the death sentence in such cases was not intended. Writing for the majority, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that neither Stanford or Wilkins asserted that the punishment was cruel or unusual at the time the Bill of Rights was adopted (common law at the time set the incapacity to commit a felony at age 14), and so … Mr. Heath A. Wilkins appeals from the trial court's judgment dismissing his petition seeking a declaratory judgment against the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole. [12] Examining psychiatrist William Logan indicated these actions were intimately bound with defendant's disorder. We note that testimony from the Rule 24.035 hearing showed that the juvenile court had before it the complete documentation of defendant's previous institutionalization and various medical and psychiatric reports on the defendant. As Nancy Allen's pierced heart oozed its life's blood into the opened cavities of her lungs and onto the floor, defendant and Stevens gathered up cash and merchandise and left the store. Wilkins v. Stephens Petition for certiorari denied on February 23, 2015. First, that the trial court erred in finding defendant competent to proceed because the evidence was inadequate and that the trial court failed to make specific findings on the defendant's competency to waive his constitutional rights. banc 1989). Aside from the general principles of deterrence, defendant's execution-murder of Nancy Allen is exceptional in its brutality. Judge McFarland warned defendant that if he pleaded guilty to first degree murder the court "very probably" would sentence him to death. They paired up again in a different combination and went to their common summer hangout, Sherwood Lake. Considerable portions of defendant's juvenile records offered by the State were kept out by the sustained objections of the defendant himself. Find Shirley Wilkins's phone number, address, and email on Spokeo, the leading people search directory for contact information and public records. This Court ordered that defendant be examined by Dr. Parwatikar of the Malcom Bliss Mental Health Center to determine if he was competent to waive his right to counsel on appeal. As to this age group of offenders, perhaps the most to be said is that age as a mitigating factor, § 565.030.3(7), RSMo 1986, standing alone, is insufficient to overturn a death sentence, on grounds the penalty is excessive or disproportionate, once the trier of fact has passed such sentence. denied, 469 U.S. 1230, 105 S. Ct. 1233, 84 L. Ed. banc), cert. of Supreme Court of Missouri opinions. The hearing court determined that the testimony of defendant's witnesses as well as Mandracchia was "unpersuasive" and it was the court's responsibility to determine the credibility of witnesses and weigh the evidence. In the three summers prior to 1981, he estimated he had inhaled gasoline fumes on about 500 occasions. This Court in Jefferson v. State, 442 S.W.2d 6 (Mo.1969), held that a defendant who has been transferred from the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to a court of general law may attack the juvenile proceedings either by a motion in the circuit court requesting dismissal of the information or seeking a remand to the juvenile court for a proper hearing. See also State v. Johns, 679 S.W.2d 253 (Mo. Finally, we are required to consider whether this sentence of death is disproportionate to the penalty imposed in similar cases considering both the circumstances of the crime and the defendant. The sentence of death imposed upon defendant is the only reliable means of achieving that aim. *411 The transcript of some 300 pages clearly reveals that the experienced and capable trial judge, the Honorable Glennon E. McFarland, fully explained, time and time again, defendant's various legal rights. banc 1985), cert. banc 1986), we held that the legislature could not cause the statute of limitations to run against a minor. Throughout the several court hearings, the defendant told the trial judge that he had fully and knowingly considered the alternative punishment of life imprisonment without eligibility for parole and that of the two possible sentences he preferred the death sentence. But, he explained that defendant might still get the life sentence. Noticing that Nancy Allen was not where Stevens could easily reach her, defendant asked her for additional lettuce. He had ample opportunity to observe defendant and learn the innermost reason for his decision to waive counsel. Troupe v. State, 766 S.W.2d 722, 723 (Mo.App.1989). One week later, the court accepted defendant's written waiver of counsel. Here, defendant, possessed of a ninth grade education, was found to be of average intelligence and throughout demonstrated a credible level of competence in handling his case. Later, after being advised of the defendant's intention to seek the death penalty, his opinion did not change. In State v. Battle, 661 S.W.2d 487 (Mo. Further, it is noteworthy how readily current counsel for defendant with casual indifference to his own patent inconsistency, in one breath berates Duchardt for abandoning defendant and in the next chastises him for not withdrawing. During interim periods, Duchardt was accessible to assist defendant *500 with any legal question. On August 10, 1985, defendant, then 16 years of age, was arrested with his accomplices in Kansas City, about two weeks following the murder. The court offered him a chance even at this late stage to withdraw his plea. Harman had represented defendant seven years earlier in a minor juvenile matter and as the State suggests, this point is procedurally barred from consideration as it appeared for the first time in defendant's second amended motion filed several months after the filing deadline had run. State v. Thomas, 625 S.W.2d 115, 124 (Mo.1981). Rule 24.035(h). State v. Davis, 645 S.W.2d 160, 162 (Mo. Both Stanford and Wilkins alleged that the imposition of the death penalty on offenders as young as themselves violated their constitutional rights. Stevens then "freaked out," and defendant had to push him out the door. During the period before the crime, defendant sharpened his "butterfly" knife (a narrow-bladed martial arts weapon) with a diamond file. Nonetheless, he found that the defendant had average intelligence. banc 1989); Day v. State, 770 S.W.2d 692, 696 (Mo. The circuit judge ordered a mental examination of defendant by the Western Missouri Mental Health Center which was conducted by a Dr. Steven Mandracchia on November 27. 1 In his sole point on appeal, Movant, who was granted the right to represent himself at trial, maintains he received ineffective assistance of counsel from his previously appointed counsel in that his counsel “failed to act as a reasonably competent … Griffith v. Wyrick, 527 F.2d 109, 112 (8th Cir.1975). The record is *495 replete with the court's and counsels' careful, complete and detailed appraisal of defendant's right to and the need for counsel, with discussions centering on his situation and the gravity of the crimes. Under § 552.020.2, Mandracchia's report was filed with the trial court within sixty days following the order for the examination, and pursuant to § 552.020.5, copies were delivered to the defense and the prosecution. Id. On April 23, the hearings resumed and again the court conducted careful questioning of defendant and in a lengthy conversation with him emphasized his right to counsel and the benefits of such service. Id. On the night of the fatal stabbing of Nancy Allen, defendant Wilkins was aged sixteen years, six months, twenty days. In fact, Dr. Logan characterized "the execution of the crime as very purposeful, very deliberate, very well planned ... [with the defendant making] numerous efforts to avoid detection, showing that he appreciated the wrongfulness of it...." After hearing this testimony and interrogating defendant, the court found defendant to be competent. The trial court considered all the mitigating circumstances fairly presented by the evidence and did not find that they outweighed the aggravating circumstances found beyond a reasonable doubt. [4] Section 565.020 has now been amended so that punishment for persons age fifteen and younger for the crime of first degree murder is life imprisonment only. Voicing concern as to his client's competency to proceed, Duchardt requested that he be mentally examined. He had abused inhalants, stimulants and depressants since age six. Filing 47. App.1982). banc 1987). This action was aborted when a police officer came into the area and defendant threw the murder knife into the lake. See State v. Wilkins, 736 S.W.2d at 415. Defendant wanted to release counsel and proceed pro se, plead guilty, waive jury trial, and actively seek a sentence of death as his penalty. 2d 370 (1985); and State v. Malone, 694 S.W.2d 723 (Mo. I am not sure that a defendant's right to represent himself is absolute, and would question the ability of a person sixteen years old to understand the consequences of a decision not only to forego counsel, but to urge the death sentence affirmatively. She was killed when seized by the accomplice and defendant. In determining that the death penalty was warranted, the court found the following aggravating circumstances: "Number One, the murder in the first degree was committed while the Defendant was engaged in the perpetration of the felony of robbery, and, Number Two, the murder in the first degree involved depravity of mind and that as a result thereof it was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible, or inhuman.". 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