Again, the court advised him of the enormity and finality of his waivers of legal rights. Similarly, the Supreme Court of the United States has held that the death penalty is not per se cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. denied, 469 U.S. 873, 105 S. Ct. 229, 83 L. Ed. 2d 1 (1982). Co. v. Wilkins, 297 P. 262, 148 Okla. 45 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information. at 12. The death penalty was imposed. Introduction. Wilkins was given maximum sentences for the lesser offenses: five years' imprisonment for unlawful use of a weapon, life imprisonment for armed criminal action. Section 211.071, RSMo 1986, provides that any child between the ages of fourteen and seventeen who is alleged to have committed an offense which would be considered a felony if committed by an adult may after an appropriate hearing be "transferred [from the jurisdiction of the juvenile court] to the court of general jurisdiction and prosecuted under the general law." Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent. Section 552.030.7, RSMo Supp.1984. Further, Defendant was repeatedly advised by counsel and the court not to plead guilty and seek the death penalty. Troupe v. State, 766 S.W.2d 722, 723 (Mo.App.1989). For the reasons assigned by Judge Billings the points raised by appointed counsel are without substance. [9] In none of the above, Lashley, Battle, Blair, Beck, Greathouse, Baskerville, Allen, Scott, Hurt, or White, was the nature of the defendant such as to raise serious question, as here, whether the defendant should be held so completely responsible for his conduct that we should affirm his sentence.[10]. See § 565.032.2(4), RSMo 1986. The Missouri Supreme Court found no constitutional violation and affirmed his sentence.Y Petitioners Stanford and Wilkins appealed to the Supreme Court, Nothing in defendant's briefs or arguments discloses that counsel's alleged shortcomings before the juvenile court affected the voluntariness of his guilty plea. 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. Wilkins v. Long et al. We really should not hold the defendant to a choice made when he was probably incompetent, when the question is one of consenting to execution. On April 29, prior to the plea hearing, defendant was brought before the court and given the waiver and guilty plea forms for all three charges. Judge McFarland explained that this course would probably lead the court to impose a death penalty. In late January or early February 1986, Wilkins informed Duchardt that he wished to withdraw an earlier plea, not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, and substitute pleas of guilt to all charges. Cases discussed: [Wilkins v. Missouri] and [Stanford v. Kentucky] are discussed as examples of numerous cases before the court relating to the death penalty for juveniles issue. Not only does the record prove false the assertion, but defendant fails to enumerate what this "relevant evidence" might be. 955, 87 S.W.2d 142, 145 (banc 1935). Two of these pierced the heart. It did not foreclose our consideration of any other points. Defendant remained firm in his intention. Case Summary of Stanford v. Kentucky: Kevin Sanford, 17, committed a horrible rape and murder in Kentucky. Dr. Logan testified below that Wilkins "suffered from an ongoing emotional disturbance" of "profound" proportion; he reported that defendant's actions on July 27, 1985, could not be divorced from his psychopathology. *410 Janet M. Thompson, Nancy A. McKerrow, Columbia, for appellant. Western District. Wilkins v. Long et al Filing 47 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION that 20 MOTION for default judgment filed by Heath A. Wilkins be denied. Arbeiter v. State, 738 S.W.2d at 516. The fifth claim of error is closely related to the previous point. This motion was amended first on August 28 and again on May 16, 1989, with the filing of a fifty-page motion. Here again, defendant would resurrect an issue decided adversely to him on direct review. 2d 1030, reh'g denied, 459 U.S. 1229, 103 S. Ct. 1240, 75 L. Ed. banc), cert. [1] This is not as novel as it might sound. 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. 2d 306 (1989). Allen v. Fewel, 337 Mo. The court did not find two other aggravating circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt that had been requested for consideration by the State: "The offender committed the offense of murder in the first degree for himself or another, for the purpose of receiving money or any other thing of monetary value from the victim of the murder or another." banc 1983) and State v. Lashley, 667 S.W.2d 712, 717 (Mo. STANFORD v. KENTUCKY, WILKINS v. MISSOURI 109 S. Ct. 2969, 106 L. Ed. This Court will not permit a defendant to employ the judicial process as a vehicle for state-aided suicide. Heath A. WILKINS, Appellant. He was 17 years and four months old when he pleaded guilty. STATE of Missouri, Respondent. Arbeiter v. State, 738 S.W.2d 515, 516 (Mo.App.1987). [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. In Strahler v. St. Luke's Hospital, 706 S.W.2d 7 (Mo. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term; 14-276: 5th Cir. For reasons stated, we reduce sentence to life imprisonment without possibility of probation or parole, barring executive act. Defendant's claim of ineffective assistance fails to disclose any prejudice from counsel's action of calling Mandracchia. Noticing that Nancy Allen was not where Stevens could easily reach her, defendant asked her for additional lettuce. At the arraignment, Duchardt entered a plea of not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect on behalf of defendant. banc), cert. Defendant entered knowing that the attendant might be killed after an accomplice's remark before they entered the store. Finally, he set a pleading hearing for May 9th and admonished the defendant to talk to those whom he trusted and who could advise him about his chosen course. The complete record, consisting of the legal file and transcript, are before the Court. Heath Wilkins, 16, committed a similarly horrible murder in Missouri. On at least two occasions, he was prescribed antipsychotic medication. Even though defendant's point was ruled on direct review, defendant in this postconviction proceeding frames the issue in somewhat different language, tangentially asserting defendant was denied his right to counsel because his "waiver" was not "knowingly, voluntarily or intelligently made" for the reason that "appellant was mentally incompetent to proceed as his own counsel." The Court conducts its mandatory review, § 565.035, RSMo 1986, of a sentence of death, imposed following a hearing to determine punishment, § 565.032.2, RSMo Cum.Supp.1983. Such a requirement would be consistent with decisions in other areas as well as with statutory policy. It is manifest that the defendant, as of that time, wanted to be sentenced to death. The pair met their compatriots at the hospital. banc 1981). The results of that examination became available in April of 1986. The conviction and sentence were affirmed in State v. Wilkins, 736 S.W.2d 409 (Mo. The two boys stalked the target from along a neighboring creek while customers transacted business in the store and left. Id. Again, the court persisted in its efforts to convince the defendant that the course was unwise. See Section 211.071, RSMo 1986. (Page 3) of Supreme Court of Missouri opinions. Find Shirley Wilkins's phone number, address, and email on Spokeo, the leading people search directory for contact information and public records. Defendant's twelfth point alleges his sentence is unconstitutional in that the trial court permitted defendant, "a mentally ill juvenile offender", to terminate the investigation of his defense and waive his right to present mitigating evidence. The question of death versus life imprisonment has not been adversarially tried. Id. Affirmed. Duchardt devoted nearly four months attempting to turn defendant from the course he determined to take. Battle is different from this case. [1] The trial *413 court first became fully aware of this turn of events at the April 16th competency hearing. First, we consider defendant's age. See State v. Wilkins, 736 S.W.2d at 415. banc 1986), we held that the legislature could not cause the statute of limitations to run against a minor. But, he explained that defendant might still get the life sentence. State v. Lashley, 667 S.W.2d 712 (Mo. Here, the trial court found itself faced with a peculiar constitutional quandarya defendant may not be convicted and imprisoned without being accorded the right to assistance of counsel but a defendant may help himself into a conviction by his voluntary albeit inadequate self-representation. Defendant declined again. One week later, the court accepted defendant's written waiver of counsel. nom. The psychological record is not insufficient as characterized by counsel but extensive and consists not only of the expert testimony but also the galaxy of tests, and records on which they relied, from the numerous institutions with which defendant had dealt. See State v. Battle, 661 S.W.2d 487, 493-95 (Mo. Any finding of competency necessarily entails the ability to waive certain rights beginning with the very first strains of Miranda. [1] Defendant filed no after-trial motions or notice of appeal in this case. By definition, the evidence of defendant's guilt could not be any greater than it is in a plea of guilty. Id. Supporting the sentence imposed, it found as aggravating circumstances that: 1) Defendant was engaged in perpetrating a felony (robbery) when the murder was committed, § 565.032.2(11); 2) The murder was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman, since it reflected depravity of mind, § 565.032.2(7). Going further, he described the crimes and his part in their commission. She had obtained some money from her parents and offered to run off with defendant but he declined. at 961 (juveniles may validly waive both self-incrimination and right to counsel privileges). 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. The court then offered defendant one last chance to withdraw his plea of guilty to first degree murder and again defendant declined informing the court he wished to proceed as previously stated. 627 S.W.2d at 621. 11 Law and Psychology Review 1 (Spring, 1987). Defendant's age, his history of institutionalization, his mental history came in by way of the records and testimony defendant himself has relied upon for his assertion of his mental incompetence. We affirm. William L. Webster, Atty. But it would be a mistake to assume that the issue is free from doubt. At age ten, Wilkins was referred to Tri-County Mental Health Center. In the postconviction hearing, defendant called a plethora of witnesses concerning his competency to waive counsel and proceed pro se. In State v. Newlon, 627 S.W.2d 606, 609-10 (Mo. White v. State, 779 S.W.2d 571, 572 (Mo. 2d 246 (1983). Defendant himself advised the court that Mr. Duchardt informed him of available pleas, punishments and defenses, and had repeatedly attempted to dissuade him from his intended action. The record discloses that pursuant to a prearranged plan defendant and an accomplice murdered the helpless victim Nancy Allen. § 565.035.3(1), RSMo 1986. Procedurally, defendant is barred from raising the issue of his juvenile counsel's effectiveness. Gen., John M. Morris, Asst. State v. Wilkins, 736 S.W.2d at 415. Logan, director of Law and Psychiatry at Menninger, who examined defendant in March, declined to state whether he felt defendant was competent to proceed to trial; rather, he testified defendant had average intelligence, understood the charges against him, the array of possible pleas open to him, the range of punishment, and could cooperate with his attorney. I would reverse the judgment and remand the case for trial on the issue of punishment. 14, Donnelly, J. dissenting. Failure *497 so to do constitutes a complete waiver of any objection to the juvenile proceedings. Wilkins persisted. The point is denied. Voicing concern as to his client's competency to proceed, Duchardt requested that he be mentally examined. banc 1985), cert. Wilkins v. Bowersox Filing 19 ORDER: ORDERED that: (1) Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is added as an additional party respondent; (2) the above-captioned petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied; and (3) this case is dismissed with prejudice. Section 565.032.3(6). Similarly, the evidence supports his finding that defendant Wilkins committed the murder of Nancy Allen in a wantonly vile, horrible and inhuman manner. Objections to R&R due by 8/24/2009. Such a trial should be required in any case in which the state seeks to execute a person who was a juvenile at the time the offense was committed. 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