Demographic information

03/25/1980

Black or African American

Male

Case information

victim FRANKLIN: 2103R-00005-01 (trial) SC86857 (direct appeal, reversing & remanding due to Batson violation) 2103R-00005-02 (retrial) -- victim ADDISON: C88959 (direct appeal of retrial) 12SL-CC04870 (PCR) SC97737 (PCR appeal) 4:20-cv-01046-SEP (E.D. Mo) (fed. habeas); SC100021 (state habeas)---victim ADDISON: 2103R-02642-01 (trial) SC87753 (direct appeal, reversed and remanded due to Batson error) 2103R-02642-02 (retrial) SC89429 (direct appeal of retrial) 13SL-CC02170 (PCR) SC96453 (PCR appeal) SC100022 (state habeas) 4:18-cv-01559-AGF (E.D. Mo) (fed. habeas)

10/07/2191

01/03/2192

Missouri

Cole

2

Black or African American

Female, Male

Counsel

Scott Braden (Arkansas CHU),1401 W. Capital Ste 490, Little Rock, AR 72201, 816-471-8282; Laurence Komp (WDMO CHU),1000 Walnut Suite 600 Kansas City, MO 64106; —1010 MARKET STREET SUITE 1100 SAINT LOUIS, MO 63101 (314) 340-7662 —Office of the Missouri Public Defender 1000 West Nifong, Bldg 7 Suite 100 Columbia, MO 65203 573-777-9977

Sharon Turlington, Karen Kraft (all 4 trials)

Robert Winthrop Lundt, Valerie Sue Leftwich (Addison); William J. Swift, Valerie Sue Leftwich, Robert Winthrop Lundt, Jeannie Marie Willibey (Gary GaertnerGary GaertnerFranklin)

Laurence Komp, WDMO CHU

Judges

District Judge Sarah E Pitlyk ( Franklin); District Judge Audrey G. Flessig (Addison)

Circuit Judge Gary Gaertner

Prosecutor

Keith Larner, Jennifer Winfield

Last updated: 05/07/2025

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Reported Opinions

 State v. McFadden, 191 S.W.3d 648 (Mo. 2006) cert. denied 549 U.S. 1071 (2006) (direct appeal, reversing & remanding due to Batson violation)
State v. McFadden, 369 S.W.3d 727 (Mo. 2012) cert. denied 568 U.S. 999 (direct appeal of retrial)
McFadden v. State, 619 S.W.3d 434 (Mo. 2020) cert. denied 141 S. Ct. 1399 (2021) (PCR appeal)

As to victim Leslie Addison

  • 29.15 denial affirmed on appeal in McFadden v. State, 553 S.W.3d 289 (Mo. 2018)
  • Conviction and sentence affirmed on direct appeal following retrial. See State v. McFadden, 391 S.W.3d 408 (Mo.), cert. denied, 134 S. CT. 65 (2013)
  • Conviction and sentence reversed on direct appeal by State v. McFadden, 216 S.W.3d 673 (Mo.), cert. denied, 552 U.S. 942 (2007)

As to victim Todd Franklin

  • Denial of cert. by the Supreme Court of the US (not yet in reporter, case no: 20-6383)
  • 29.15 denial affirmed on appeal in McFadden v. State, (not yet in reporter, Case no: SC97737) (2020)
  • Conviction and sentence affirmed on direct appeal following retrial. See State v. McFadden, 369 S.W.3d 727 (Mo.), cert. denied, 133 S. CT. 573 (2012)
  • Conviction and sentence reversed on direct appeal by State v. McFadden, 191 S.W.3d 648 (Mo.), cert. denied, 549 U.S. 1071 (2006)

 

 

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