david Hosier

Current Proceedings: Federal habeas (denial of Rule 29.15 motion affirmed on appeal).

Case Number: 4:20-cv-04044-RK

Judge: Roseann Ketchmark

Defendant’s Demographic Information: White Male

Current Counsel:

Jeremy S. Weis & Paula Harms Federal Public Defender 818 Grand Avenue, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64106 816.471.8282 (tel.)

Legal Status: WDMO appoints Missouri Capital Habeas Unit on 04/06/20, orders petitioner's counsel to file budget.

Significant Legal Issues:

  • Numerous suppression claims

  • Claim of insufficient evidence of burglary, which was one of the two aggravating circumstances

  • Excessive evidence of Mr. Hosier’s weapons, ammunition, and alleged prior bad acts

Last Judicial Decision Related to Conviction or Sentence: SCOMO affirms denial of 29.15 motion in Hosier v. Missouri, 593 S.W.3d 75 (Mo. en banc 2019) (rehearing denied 2/18/2020)

Reported Opinions:

  • SCOMO affirms 29.15 denial in Hosier v. Missouri, 593 S.W.3d 75 (Mo. en banc 2019)

  • Petition for writ of cert to US Supreme Court denied. Hosier v. Missouri, 2015 U.S. LEXIS 5928 (U.S. 2015)

  • Conviction and sentence affirmed on direct appeal by State v. Hosier, 454 S.W.3d 883 (Mo. 2015)

Prior Counsel:

  • Valerie Sue Leftwich

  • Edward Scott Thompson

  • Amy Marie Bartholow

Conviction County: Cole

Counts: 2

Victim Demographic:

  • White Female

  • White Male

Crime Date: 09/28/2009

Sentencing Date: 12/24/2013

Trial Counsel:

  • Janice Zembles

  • Donald Catlett

Trial Judge: Patricia Joyce

Trial Prosecutor: Mark Richardson