ROLL, GARY LEE
General Information
DOB: November 22, 1952
Race: White
Gender: Male
Crime and Trial
County of conviction: Boone (on transfer from Cape Girardeau County)
Number of counts: Three
Race of victim: White/white/white
Gender of victim: Female/male/male
Date of crime: August 9, 1992
Date of sentencing: November 16, 1993
Date of execution: August 30, 2000
Legal status:
Trial Counsel:
Kenneth C. McManaman
Last counsel of record:
Mike Shipley
2 S. Main St.
Liberty, MO 64068
816-781-4788
Last judicial decision:
--Dismissal of section 1983 action (challenging constitutionality of Missouri clemency procedures) affirmed by Roll v. Carnahan, 225 F.3d 1016 (8th Cir. 2000).
Reported Opinions:
--Denial of post-conviction relief affirmed by State v. Roll, 942 S.W.2d 370 (Mo. banc), cert. denied, 522 U.S. 954 (1997).
--Habeas corpus denied by Roll v. Bowersox, 16 F. Supp. 2d 1066 (W.D. Mo. 1998), aff'd, 177 F.3d 697 (8th Cir. 1999), cert. denied, 528 U.S. 1025 (1999).
--Dismissal of section 1983 action (challenging constitutionality of Missouri clemency procedures) affirmed by Roll v. Carnahan, 225 F.3d 1016 (8th Cir. 2000).
Significant legal issues:
--trial court's failure to consider drug usage as mitigating evidence in reaching its sentencing determination
--trial counsel's alleged failure to investigate and advise Mr. Roll regarding a possible defense of diminished capacity in light of the defendant's mental state at the time of the crime