context: The district court found that all but one of these claims were procedurally defaulted because Jones failed to either preserve them at trial or present them in his appeal from the denial of his state motion for post-conviction relief. All of Jones's additional points of error were also deemed procedurally defaulted.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 767 S.W.2d 43, 43
citation_a.parenthetical: noting that Jones abandoned all his claims except ineffective assistance of trial counsel for failure "to present mitigating character evidence at the penalty phase"
citation_a.sentence: See Jones, 767 S.W.2d at 43 (noting that Jones abandoned all his claims except ineffective assistance of trial counsel for failure “to present mitigating character evidence at the penalty phase”); see also Gilmore v. Armon-trout, 861 F.2d 1061, 1065-66 (8th Cir.1988) (procedural bar under former Missouri Rule 27.26), cert. denied, 490 U.S. 1114, 109 S.Ct. 3176, 104 L.Ed.2d 1037 (1989); Lowe-Bey v. Groose, 28 F.3d 816, 818 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 115 S.Ct. 674, 130 L.Ed.2d 606 (1994) (same procedural bar arises for failure to appeal under current Missouri Rule 29.15).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: same procedural bar arises for failure to appeal under current Missouri Rule 29.15
citation_b.sentence: See Jones, 767 S.W.2d at 43 (noting that Jones abandoned all his claims except ineffective assistance of trial counsel for failure “to present mitigating character evidence at the penalty phase”); see also Gilmore v. Armon-trout, 861 F.2d 1061, 1065-66 (8th Cir.1988) (procedural bar under former Missouri Rule 27.26), cert. denied, 490 U.S. 1114, 109 S.Ct. 3176, 104 L.Ed.2d 1037 (1989); Lowe-Bey v. Groose, 28 F.3d 816, 818 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 115 S.Ct. 674, 130 L.Ed.2d 606 (1994) (same procedural bar arises for failure to appeal under current Missouri Rule 29.15).