Legal Opinion
State v. Harris
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided June 10, 1968No. 53139PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOUSER, Commissioner.
Appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis overruling a motion for a writ of error coram nobis, treated as a motion to vacate judgment and sentence under Criminal Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R.
It appears that on January 28, 1966 Murray Harris was found guilty of receiving the earnings of a prostitute and sentenced to imprisonment for two years. Two prostitutes testified for the State and against defendant. A motion for new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence affecting the reliability of the testimony of one of the prosecuting witnesses was…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Crosswhite v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
- Ernest Eugene Taylor v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1956
- Judson Edgar Holt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
- State v. TurnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1962
- State v. NinemiresSupreme Court of Missouri · 1957
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3Cited by35 opinions
- State v. DownsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
- State v. MartinezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1982
- State v. MooneyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
- State v. NolanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1973
- State v. PinkusMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
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