Roosevelt Pollard


Current Proceedings: Unknown.

Case Number: N/A

Judge: N/A

Defendant’s Demographic Information: Black Male

Current Counsel: Unknown


Legal Status: No known proceedings pending; found incompetent to be executed by Associate Circuit Court of Washington County.

Significant Legal Issues:

  • Competency to be executed

  • Ineffectiveness of post-conviction counsel as “cause” as to claims cognizable for first time in state PCR proceedings

  • Existence of procedural default when state Supreme Court reviews claim “as a matter of grace” while noting default

Last Judicial Decision Related to Conviction or Sentence: Found incompetent to be executed by the Associate Circuit Court of Washington County

Reported Opinions:

  • Supplemental petition for writ of habeas corpus denied by Nunley v. Bowersox, 99- 8001-CV-W-FJG, 2013 WL 1686526 (W.D. Mo. Apr. 18, 2013)

  • Motion to recall mandate overruled by State v. Nunley, 341 S.W.3d 611 (Mo. 2011), cert. denied, 132 S. CT. 1096 (2012)

  • Denial of habeas corpus affirmed by Nunley v. Bowersox, 394 F.3d 1079 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 546 U.S. 909 (2005)

  • Denial of post-conviction relief following remand affirmed by State v. Nunley, 980 S.W.2d 290 (Mo. 1998), cert. denied, 526 U.S. 1100 (1999)

  • Conviction and sentence affirmed as to direct appeal; denial of post-conviction relief reversed and remanded. State v. Nunley, 923 S.W.2d 911 (Mo. 1996), cert. denied, 519 U.S. 1094 (1997)


Prior Counsel: Unknown

Conviction County: Cole

Counts: 1

Victim Demographic: White Male

Crime Date: 12/12/1985

Sentencing Date: 01/27/1986

Trial Counsel:

  • Donald Catlett

  • Peter Sterling

  • James Elliot

Trial Judge: Unknown

Trial Prosecutor: Unknown