SCHNEIDER, ERIC
General Information
DOB: December 7, 1961
Race: White
Gender: Male
Crime and Trial
County of conviction: Jefferson
Number of counts: Two
Race of victim: White/white
Gender of victim: Male/male
Date of crime: January 12, 1985
Date of sentencing: December 12, 1985
Date of execution: January 29, 1997
Legal status:
Trial Counsel:
Last counsel of record:
Laura B. Allen
Favre & Jones
915 Ann Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63104
314-621-1181 / 314-621-2828
Last judicial decision:
--Motion for stay of execution denied by Schneider v. Bowersox, 106 F.3d 804 (8th Cir. 1997)
Reported opinions:
--Conviction and sentence affirmed on direct appeal by State v. Schneider, 736 S.W.2d 392 (Mo. banc 1987), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 1047 (1988).
--Denial of post-conviction relief affirmed by Schneider v. State, 787 S.W.2d 718 (Mo. banc), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 882 (1990).
--Habeas corpus denied by Schneider v. Delo, 890 F.Supp. 791 (E.D. Mo. 1995), aff'd, 85 F.3d 335 (8th Cir. 1996), cert. denied, 519 U.S. 1017 (1996).
--Motion to recall mandate and for stay of execution denied by Schneider v. Delo, 105 F.3d 400 (8th Cir. 1997).
--Leave to file successive habeas petition denied by Schneider v. Bowersox, 105 F.3d 397 (8th Cir. 1997).
--Motion for stay of execution denied by Schneider v. Bowersox, 106 F.3d 804 (8th Cir. 1997).
Significant Legal Issues:
--Trial counsel's failure to obtain a psychiatric evaluation of Mr. Schneider for purposes of guilt or innocence as well as mitigation at sentencing, in light of the defendant's history of mental health problems
--Trial counsel's failure to call any relatives of Mr. Schneider other than his mother in order to present the defendant's social history as mitigating evidence
--Prosecutor's allegedly untruthful argument that Mr. Schneider, rather than either of his two accomplices, personally stabbed one of the victims