Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided November 12, 1974No. 58343PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HIGGINS, Commissioner.

Appeal from denial, after evidentiary hearing, of motion under Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R., to vacate and set aside judgment and sentence to 99 years’ imprisonment for forcible rape.

On June 4, 1956, Alphonso Davis pleaded guilty to forcible rape, Section 559.260, V.A.M.S., in the Circuit Court of Cooper County, the Honorable Dimmitt Hoffman, Judge, and received the sentence in question. He also pleaded guilty to other charges of armed robbery, breaking jail, and grand larceny for which he received varying sentences to run concurrently with the sentence imposed on the rape…

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2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  5. Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. State v. LeeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. Mikel v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
  3. Trice v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
  4. Jones v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  5. Witt v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979

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