FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY CASE -- MISSOURI
BILLIE JEROME ALLEN
General Information
DOB: June 18, 1977
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Crime and Trial
District of conviction: Eastern District
of Missouri
Trial judge: E. Richard Webber
Number of counts: 1
Race of victim: White
Gender of victim: Male
Date of crime: March 17, 1997
Date of sentencing: June 4, 1998
Trial Counsel: Rick Sindel, John W.
Simon, Michael Gross
Legal status
- Current proceedings: Motion to vacate/correct
sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Case No. 4:07-cv-00027-ERW)
- Last judicial decision: Reinstatement of
death sentence by Eighth Circuit en banc, following panel’s vacation of
sentence on remand from U.S. Supreme Court. See United States v.
Allen, 406 F.3d 940 (8th Cir. 2005), cert. denied, 127 S. Ct. 826
(2006).
Current counsel:
Elizabeth U. Carlyle
PO Box 962.
Columbus, MS 39703
816-525-6540
Fax: 866-764-1249
Email: elizcar@bellsouth.net
Joseph M. Cleary
HAMMERLE AND ALLEN
1455 N. Pennsylvania
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317-630-0137
Fax: 317-844-8268
Email: jcleary498@aol.com
Reported Opinions:
- Conviction and sentence initially affirmed by
United States v. Allen, 247 F.3d 741 (8th Cir. 2001)
Affirmance of conviction and sentence
reversed and remanded by Supreme Court in Allen v. United States, 536
U.S. 953 (2002)
Death sentence vacated by Eighth Circuit on
remand from Supreme Court: United States v. Allen, 357 F.3d 745 (8th
Cir. 2004)
Reinstatement of death sentence by Eighth
Circuit en banc, following panel’s vacation of sentence on remand from
U.S. Supreme Court. See United States v. Allen, 406 F.3d 940
(8th Cir. 2005)
Significant legal issues:
- Numerous claims of trial and appellate
counsels’ ineffectiveness are in process, with amended 2255 motion anticipated
February 2008.
- Miranda violation stemming from police
interrogation despite Mr. Allen’s repeated requests for counsel
- Ring violation stemming from
government’s failure to allege statutory aggravating circumstances in the
indictment
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