Legal Opinion

Dunn v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided May 19, 1981No. 43220PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLEMENS, Senior Judge.

Movant William Dunn, hereafter “defendant”, appeals the summary denial of his Rule 27.26 motion. Thereby he sought to vacate his jury conviction and two concurrent five-year sentences for unlawful sale of controlled substances, and also for three concurrent ten-year sentences on his pleas of guilty to other narcotic sales.

By his motion defendant contended his counsel was ineffective by conferring with him for only two hours, and failed to confer with state and defense witnesses. By its memorandum the trial court summarily denied defendant’s motion because court records…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Seales v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
  2. Kearns v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
  3. Charles v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
  4. State v. ChoateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
  5. Cox v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Thomas v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988
  2. State v. StewartMissouri Court of Appeals · 1993
  3. Kennedy v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
  4. McKinney v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982

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