charles Mathenia

Current Proceedings: Unknown.

Case Number: Unknown

Judge: Unknown

Defendant’s Demographic Information: White Male

Current Counsel: Unknown

Legal Status: Found incompetent to be executed by the Associate Circuit Court of Washington County.

Significant Legal Issues:

  • Mr. Mathenia’s competence to be executed and possible intellectual disability

  • Diminished capacity and validity of Mr. Mathenia’s Miranda waiver in light of mental retardation and involuntary intoxication, and trial counsel’s failure to litigate these issues

  • Trial counsel’s limited presentation of mitigating witnesses

Last Judicial Decision Related to Conviction or Sentence: Motion to recall mandate and petition for writ of habeas corpus (asserting claim of intellectual disability) denied without prejudice, following court finding of incompetence to be executed

Reported Opinions:

  • Denial of Rule 60 motion, construed as pre-AEDPA successive petition, affirmed by Mathenia v. Delo, 99 F.3d 1476 (8th Cir. 1996), cert. denied, 521 U.S. 1123 (1997)

  • Denial of habeas affirmed by Mathenia v. Delo, 975 F.2d 444 (8th Cir. 1992), cert. denied, 507 U.S. 995 (1993)

  • Denial of post-conviction relief affirmed by Mathenia v. State, 752 S.W.2d 873 (Mo. App. E.D. 1988), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 1019 (1989)

  • Convictions and sentences affirmed on direct appeal by State v. Mathenia, 702 S.W.2d 840 (Mo. banc), cert. denied, 477 U.S. 909 (1986)

Prior Counsel: Unknown

Conviction County: Jefferson

Counts: 2

Victim Demographic:

  • White Female

  • White Female

Crime Date: 04/24/1984

Sentencing Date: 01/09/1985

Trial Counsel:

  • Donald Hager

  • Lew Kollias

  • Kate Markey

Trial Judge: Unknown

Trial Prosecutor: Unknown