Legal Opinion

McCaskill v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided March 20, 1979No. 40174PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REINHARD, Presiding Judge.

Movant appeals from a denial of his motion to vacate sentence under Rule 27.26. The circuit court of the City of St. Louis denied the motion without an evidentiary hearing. On appeal, movant contends that the court erred in denying him an eviden-tiary hearing.

Movant seeks to have his two year sentence set aside, alleging first that his “plea was involuntarily tendered for the reason that the plea was not intelligently made,” second, that he was denied effective representation in that his appointed attorney allegedly failed to advise him of the nature of the offense…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1974
  2. Pickens v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
  3. State v. Van HornSupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
  4. Baker v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
  5. Matthews v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1973

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. McIntosh v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. Orr v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  3. Gaines v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
  4. Brock v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  5. Walker v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980

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