Legal Opinion

Weir v. State

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided November 14, 1979No. 61330PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RENDLEN, Judge.

Appellant, whose kidnapping conviction was affirmed in State v. Weir, 506 S.W.2d 437 (Mo.1974), seeks now to vacate the 10 year sentence through his Rule 27.26 motion. After an extensive evidentiary hearing the court denied appellant’s motion and in this appeal he contends the court (1) erroneously found defendant was not twice put in jeopardy for the same offense; (2) improperly approved the trial court’s action permitting dismissal of the assault charge and the filing of a kidnapping charge thereafter; (3) erroneously denied his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel and…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Serfass v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Breed v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Jeffers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Hemphill v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1978

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Winston v. REORGANIZED SCH. DIST. R-2, ETC.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1982
  2. Ricky Lee Grubbs v. Paul DeloCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
  3. Bryant v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  4. Horsey v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988
  5. State v. SmithMissouri Court of Appeals · 1999

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