Cooper v. State

FLAKE L. McHANEY, Special Judge.

On July 6, 1953, the appellant, Gordon Lee Cooper, pled guilty to a charge of armed robbery in the Circuit Court of Butler County, Missouri, and was sentenced to imprisonment for life. In February, 1960, appellant filed a motion to vacate his sentence under Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R. From a denial of that motion by the trial court, appellant unsuccessfully appealed to the Supreme Court of Missouri. State v. Cooper, 344 S.W.2d 72 (Mo.), cert. denied, 368 U. S. 855, 82 S.Ct. 91, 7 L.Ed.2d 52 (1961).

Despite the earlier denial of his 27.26 motion, he filed another such…