LASHLEY, FREDERICK
General InformationDOB: March 10, 1964
Race: African-American
Gender: Male
Crime and Trial
County of conviction: St. Louis City
Number of counts: One
Race of victim: African-American
Gender of victim: Female
Date of crime: April 9, 1981
Date of sentencing: April 28, 1982
Date of execution: July 28, 1993
Legal status:
Trial Counsel:
Kevin Curran
Last counsel of record:
H. William Brown
Brown & Miller
117 N. Kirkwood Road, Suite 200
Kirkwood, MO 63122
Cedric D. Brown
Last judicial decision:
--Grant of habeas relief reversed by Delo v. Lashley, 507 U.S. 272 (1993).
Reported Opinions:
--Conviction and sentence affirmed on direct appeal by State v. Lashley, 667 S.W.2d 712 (Mo. banc), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 873 (1984).
--Denial of post-conviction relief affirmed by Lashley v. State, 721 S.W.2d 31 (Mo. App. E.D. 1986), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1024 (1987).
--Habeas relief granted by Lashley v. Armontrout, 957 F.2d 1495 (8th Cir. 1992), rev'd sub nom. Delo v. Lashley, 507 U.S. 272 (1993).
--Grant of habeas relief reversed by Delo v. Lashley, 507 U.S. 272 (1993).
--Summary affirmance of district court's denial of habeas relief following Supreme Court's opinion. See Lashley v. Delo, 995 F.2d 880 (8th Cir 1993).
--Denial of motion for stay of execution affirmed by Lashley v. Delo, 997 F.2d 512 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 509 U.S. 938 (1993).
Significant legal issues:
--Mr. Lashley's entitlement under state and federal law to have the jury instructed on Missouri's statutory mitigating circumstance that the defendant lacks a significant criminal history, where no evidence of any criminal history was presented by either side at trial
--Mr. Lashley's youth (age 17) at the time of the crime
--Jurors' return of a unanimous "verdict" stating that "there was no evidence to disprove he entered the house for the reason of obtaining money," followed judge's admonition that jury follow the instructions and submit a proper verdict form, then followed by the jury's verdict of death