Legal Opinion
Collins v. State
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided February 9, 1970No. 54014PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINS, Commissioner.
Appeal from denial, after hearing, of motion to set aside and vacate two judgments of conviction of murder, first degree, and judgment of conviction of assault with intent to rob, imposed- on pleas of guilty. Criminal Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R.
On May 22, 1967, Melvin Collins, with his court-appointed trial attorney, Orville Richardson, pleaded guilty to charges of murder, first degree, and one charge'of assault with malice with intent to rob, and was sentenced to concurrent terms of -imprisonment for life in the murder cases and ten years in the assault case. In this…
Also in this document: Per curiam.
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Crosswhite v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
- United States of America Ex Rel. John McGrath v. J. E. Lavallee, Warden of Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Duane A. Verdon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
- United States of America Ex Rel. Melvin Vaughn, Relator-Appellant v. J. Edwin Lavallee, as Warden of Clinton State Prison, Dannemora, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Richard E. Smiley, and v. Lawrence E. Wilson, Warden, California State Prison, San Quentin, California, AndCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by28 opinions
- State v. HayesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1971
- Geren v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1971
- Thomas v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
- Newbold v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1973
- Barker v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974
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