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- Title: State Missouri v. Shannon Douglas
- Author : Western District Court of Appeals of Missouri
- Release Date : January 19, 1996
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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Shannon Douglas appeals from his conviction for abuse of a child, § 568.060, RSMo 1994 1, for which he was sentenced as a persistent offender to six years imprisonment. Douglas also appeals from the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief. In his direct appeal, Douglas contends that the trial court erred: (1) in overruling his motion in limine and in admitting evidence of prior beatings administered by Douglas; and (2) in granting the State's motion in limine and in excluding evidence that the victim's mother had not been charged with abuse of a child for similar beatings. In his appeal from the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief, Douglas contends that the motion court erred in denying the motion in that it failed to determine whether Douglas had been provided with effective assistance of motion counsel. The judgment of the trial court is affirmed. The order of the motion court is affirmed. In May, 1993, Shannon Douglas was living in Kansas City with his wife, Sandra, and his two stepchildren, Sophia and Duane Jones. On May 6, 1993, Sophia, who was then twelve years old, was talking on the telephone with a boy. When her stepfather inquired about the conversation, Sophia ""didn't tell the whole truth."" As a punishment, Douglas gave her a ""whuppin"" with an extension cord. Douglas started beating Sophia on her legs and on her buttocks. He then told Sophia to go into her brother's room, get up under the bunk bed and put her head under the mattress so that only her buttocks were sticking out. Once again Douglas beat her with an extension cord. Sophia could not keep still so Douglas tied her legs to the bottom of the bed with another extension cord. Sophia slipped out of the restraints and fell to the floor. Douglas then picked her up and slammed her head against the wall. He also kicked her. The beating left a visible scar on her back.
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