Grant v. State

WELBORN, Commissioner.

Appeal (filed prior to January 1, 1972) from denial, without hearing, of proceeding under Supreme Court Rule 27.26, V.A. M.R., for relief from 99-year sentence on jury verdict of guilty on charge of forcible rape.

On June 13, 1962, a jury in the New Madrid County Circuit Court found Freddie Lee Grant guilty of forcible rape. Acting under the Second Offender Act, the trial court immediately pronounced sentence of 99 years and judgment was entered. Because judgment had been entered prior to the time granted defendant for filing a motion for new trial, this court in an…