richard davis

Current Proceedings: Deceased.

Case Number: 1016-CV35683; 4:16-cv-08000 (WDMO)

Judge: Brian C. Wimes

Defendant’s Demographic Information: White Male

Current Counsel:

Jennifer Merrigan Phillips Black, Inc. 1901 S. 9th Street, #608 Philadelphia, PA 19148 816.695.2214 (tel.) email: j.merrigan@phillipsblack.org

Joseph J. Perkovich Phillips Black, Inc. P.O. Box 2171 New York, NY 10008 212.400.1660 (tel.) email: j.perkovich@phillipsblack.org

Jeremy Sean Weis Federal Public Defender's Office KCMO - 818 Grand Avenue, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64106 816.471.8282 (tel.) 816.471.8008 (fax) email: jeremy_weis@fd.org

Laurence E. Komp Federal Public Defender's Office KCMO Walnut Street 1000 Walnut, Suite 600 Kansas City, MO 64106 816-471-8282 (tel.) 816-471-8008 (fax) email: larry_komp@fd.org

Legal Status: Western District Court denied Davis’ Rule 59(e) Motion to Alter/Amend Judgment on October 30, 2020, after oral argument (8th Circuit appeal dismissed due to Davis’ death)

Significant Legal Issues:

  • Trial counsels’ ineffectiveness in failing to discover mitigating evidence from Mr. Davis’s social background, including (a) sexual, physical, and emotional trauma, and (b) intergenerational history of incest, sexual abuse, physical abuse, and drug use

  • Trial counsels’ ineffectiveness in failing to present expert evidence concerning the effects of sexual abuse and other traumas

  • Adequacy of expert assistance provided by trial court under Ake v. Oklahoma

  • Ongoing conflicts between Mr. Davis and his trial attorneys

Last Judicial Decision Related to Conviction or Sentence: Western District Court denies Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, Davis v. Payne, No. 4:16-CV-08000-BCW, 2019 WL 4146425 (W.D. Mo. Aug. 30, 2019)

Reported Opinions:

  • Western District Court denies Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, Davis v. Payne, No. 4:16-CV-08000-BCW, 2019 WL 4146425 (W.D. Mo. Aug. 30, 2019)

  • SCOMO Affirming Denial of Motion for PCR, Davis v. State, 488 S.W.3d 898 (2016)

  • Rule 29.15 denied by Circuit Court of Jackson County (Oct. 1, 2014)

  • SCOMO Affirmed Conviction and Sentencing, State v. Davis 318 S.W.3d 618 (2010)

  • Cert. denied, 131 S. Ct. 1605 (2011)

Prior Counsel:

  • Robert Winthrop Lundt

  • Jeannie Marie Willibey

Conviction County: Jackson

Counts: 1

Victim Demographic: White Female

Crime Date: 05/15/2006

Sentencing Date: 10/10/2008

Trial Counsel:

  • Tim Burdick

  • Curtis Winegarner

  • Thomas Jacquinot

  • Susan Elliott

Trial Judge: Marco A. Roldan

Trial Prosecutor:

  • Angela Dickinson

  • Ted Hunt