JONES, WILLIAM
General InformationDOB: December 9, 1964
Race: White
Gender: Male
Crime and Trial
County of conviction: Jackson
Number of counts: One
Race of victim: White
Gender of victim: Male
Date of crime: January 16, 1986
Date of sentencing: February 13, 1987
Date of execution: November 21, 2002
Legal status:
Trial Counsel:
John Frankum and Kenneth Morgens
Last counsel of record:
Charlie Rogers and Cheryl Pilate
Wyrsch & Hobbs
1101 Walnut St.
1300 Mercantile Tower
Kansas City, MO 64106-2122
816-221-0080
Last judicial decision:
--Denial of federal habeas relief affirmed by Jones v. Delo, 258 F.3d 893 (8th Cir. Jul. 31, 2001), rehearing denied Oct. 15, 2001, cert. denied, 122 S.Ct. 1936 (U.S. May 13, 2002), reh'g denied, ___ S.Ct. ___, 2002 WL 1782820 (U.S. Aug. 5, 2002)
--Denial of relief under Federal Rule 60(b) affirmed by Eighth Circuit November 18, 2002, Case No. 02-3800 (unpublished); stay of execution denied by U.S. Supreme Court November 19, 2002, Case No. 02-7496
Reported Opinions:
--Denial of federal habeas affirmed by Jones v. Delo, 258 F.3d 893 (8th Cir. 2001)
--Denial of post-conviction relief affirmed by Jones v. State, 784 S.W.2d 789 (Mo. banc.), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 881 (1990)
--Conviction and sentence affirmed on direct appeal by State v. Jones, 749 S.W.2d 356 (Mo. banc), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 871 (1988).
Significant legal issues:
--trial counsel's failure to investigate Jones' hospital records and have them evaluated by an experts in light of a letter that described conduct akin to a dissociative experience and panic due to a homosexual assault.
--trial counsel's failure during the penalty phase to obtain and present a mental examination and evidence showing that Jones was abused as a child and later suffered a brain injury