Legal Opinion

Cawthon v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided November 3, 1980No. WD 31025PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MANFORD, Judge.

This is a direct appeal from a judgment dismissing a motion seeking post-conviction relief pursuant to Rule 27.26. The judgment is affirmed.

Appellant presents one point of error, which in summary alleges that the trial court erred in dismissing appellant’s motion and that it was without jurisdiction to do so because appellant had previously entered his voluntary dismissal of said motion pursuant to Rule 67.01; that appellant has been denied an evidentiary hearing on the merits as a result of the dismissal and that the court’s action amounted to a suspension of the writ of…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Fields v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1978
  2. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1974
  3. State v. TurnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1962
  4. Wiglesworth v. WyrickSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
  5. Newman v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. MacK v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
  2. Parcel v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
  3. Barnes v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988
  4. Rollins v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986

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