Legal Opinion

Sweazea v. State

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided November 12, 1974No. 58604PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOLMAN, Justice.

Movant, Milburn John Sweazea, (hereinafter referred to as defendant) appealed to the St. Louis District of the Court of Appeals from a judgment overruling his motion to vacate filed under Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R. That court adopted an opinion which affirmed the judgment. Upon defendant’s application we ordered the case transferred and it will be determined here the same as on original appeal. We affirm.

In 1969 defendant was tried and convicted for the offense of first degree robbery. The court (having found a prior felony conviction) imposed a sentence of imprisonment for a term…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Gailes v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1970
  2. Crawford v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
  3. State v. VonderauSupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
  4. State v. HurstSupreme Court of Missouri · 1961
  5. State v. SweazeaSupreme Court of Missouri · 1970

3Cited by32 opinions

  1. McCrary v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. Williams v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
  3. Baker v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
  4. Murphy v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
  5. Bolder v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986

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