Prosecuting Attorney, 21st Judicial Circuit, ex rel. Marcellus Williams, Movant/Petitioner v. State of Missouri, and…

Summary

The Supreme Court of Missouri affirmed the circuit court’s denial of the prosecuting attorney’s motion to vacate or set aside the conviction and death sentence. It held that the prosecuting attorney failed to establish by clear and convincing evidence either actual innocence or constitutional error undermining confidence in the original judgment, and that several claims were waived, previously adjudicated, or unsupported by the evidence. The court also held that the appeal did not automatically stay the execution, so the motion for a stay was moot.