Richard B. Teitelman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Richard B. Teitelman

American judge

Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1947

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 29-Nov-2016

Profession: judge, lawyer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Richard B. Teitelman

  • Richard B.
  • Teitelman (September 25, 1947 – November 29, 2016) was a judge and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri.He was born in Philadelphia in 1947, and is the youngest of three children.
  • At age 13, he was diagnosed as being legally blind.
  • He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969.
  • Moving to Missouri, he earned his law degree from Washington University in St.
  • Louis in 1973.
  • Following a brief stint in private practice, he worked at Legal Services of Eastern Missouri for 23 years, including 18 years as executive director and general counsel.
  • He was also President of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St.
  • Louis.
  • In 1998, he was appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals by Governor Mel Carnahan, serving in that capacity until his appointment to the state Supreme Court by Governor Bob Holden in 2002.
  • He is both the first Jewish and the first legally blind judge on Missouri's highest court. Teitelman's ascension to the court marked a shift in the court's balance from majority Republican-appointees since the mid-1980s.
  • The court split along these lines in 2003, when the 4-3 liberal majority held that execution of juveniles is cruel and unusual punishment under the Missouri Constitution, a decision ultimately affirmed by the United States Supreme Court in Roper v.
  • Simmons.
  • In 2003, Teitelman wrote the majority opinion for a divided Supreme Court overturning a murder conviction where the only evidence was the testimony of three eyewitnesses—fellow prisoners at the time—that had all recanted.
  • Although Teitelman agreed that the convicted man had exhausted all of his appeals, he reasoned that clear and convincing evidence of innocence acts as a "gateway" for further review.Teitelman faced a significant retention challenge in 2004.
  • Missouri attorneys supported his retention by an 80% margin.
  • The ad hoc "Missourians Against Liberal Judges" started what the St.
  • Louis Post-Dispatch editorial page called a "smear campaign" against him.
  • Teitelman won retention in 2004 and 2016. His final term would have expired on December 31, 2016.
  • Teitelman died on November 29, 2016.
  • His seat on the court was filled in April 2017 with the appointment of Judge W.
  • Brent Powell.

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