HALL, STANLEY
GENERAL INFORMATIONDOB: August 1, 1967
Race: African-American
Gender: Male
CRIME AND TRIAL
County of conviction: St. Louis
Number of counts: One
Race of victim: African-American
Gender of victim: Female
Date of crime: January 15, 1994
Date of sentencing: June 21, 1996
Date of Execution: March 16, 2005
TRIAL COUNSEL:
Teoffice Cooper and Ellen Blau
LEGAL STATUS:
Current proceedings: None.
Last judicial decision: Denial of habeas affirmed by Hall v. Luebbers, 341 F.3d 706 (8th Cir. 2003), cert. denied, 124 S.Ct. 2031(2004).
CURRENT COUNSEL:
Nelson L. Mitten and Michael A. Ellenhorn
Riezman & Berger
7700 Bonhomme Avenue, Seventh Floor
St. Louis, MO 63105
314-727-0101
REPORTED OPINIONS:
--Denial of habeas affirmed by Hall v. Luebbers, 341 F.3d 706 (8th Cir. 2003), cert. denied, 124 S.Ct. 2031(2004).
--Denial of post-conviction relief affirmed by Hall v. State, 16 S.W.3d 582 (Mo. banc Apr. 25, 2000), rehearing denied, May 30, 2000.
--Conviction and sentence affirmed on direct appeal by State v. Hall, 955 S.W.2d 198 (Mo. banc 1997), cert. denied, 523 U.S. 1053 (1998)
SIGNIFICANT LEGAL ISSUES:
--trial counsel's failure to present evidence that another individual fired the shot which killed the victim.
--exclusion from penalty phase of evidence concerning defendant's plea negotiations and unsuccessful efforts to have trial court enforce alleged plea agreement with state
--improper personalization in prosecutor's closing argument, and trial counsel's failure to object
--prosecutor's comparison of jury's penalty-phase role to prosecutor's decision to put sick puppy to sleep as a child
--appellate counsel's failure to assert claim regarding admission of photograph of decedent's decayed torso
--whether Missouri Rule 29.16 qualifies Missouri as an "opt-in" state for purposes of federal habeas review.