Demographic information

09/23/1985

Black or African American

Male

Case information

07/05/2005

02/01/2008

Missouri

St. Louis

1

White

Male

Counsel

Rebecca Woodman

Karen Kraft, Robert Steele

Jeannie Marie Willibey, Valerie Sue Leftwich

Judges

District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr.

Circuit Judge Melvyn Wiseman

Prosecutor

Robert McCulloch; Special Prosecutor E.E. Keenan appointed 10-22 by Wesley Bell to investigate case pursuant to § 547.031

Last updated: 09/25/2025

Legal Issue

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Significant Legal Issues

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Aggravating Factors

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Nonstatutory Aggravating Factors

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Mitigating Factors

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Nonstatutory Mitigating Factors

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Last Judicial Decision

Last Action

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Reported Opinions

  • Denial of habeas relief affirmed by Johnson v. Steele, 999 F.3d 584 (8th Cir. 2021)
  • Federal habeas relief denied by Johnson v. Steele, No. 4:13-CV-2046-SNLJ, 2018 WL 1083577 (E.D. Mo. Feb. 28, 2018), amended and superseded by Johnson v. Steele, 2018 WL 3008307 (E.D. Mo. June 15, 2018) 
  • Denial of post-conviction relief affirmed by Johnson v. State, 406 S.W.3d 892 (Mo.2013), cert. denied, 134 S. CT. 1495 (2014)
  • Conviction and sentence affirmed on direct appeal by State v. Johnson, 284 S.W.3d 561 (Mo.), cert. denied, 558 U.S. 1054 (2009)

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