Legal Opinion

Latham v. State

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided April 14, 1969No. 54041PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOUSER, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from an order denying a motion by William H. Latham under Criminal Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R. to vacate and set aside a judgment and sentence.

Charged with burglary, second degree, § 560.070, RSMo 1959, and stealing, defendant pleaded guilty on March 1, 1968, to burglary, and was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. The state dismissed the stealing charge.

On May 16, 1968 appellant filed this motion to vacate, stating as grounds therefor that the plea of guilty “was illegally induced by coercion, promises, fear, inadvertence, and unfairly obtained, and thus…

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. United States v. Sammy CariolaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
  2. Ruben R. Cortez v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
  3. Thomas A. Kent v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1959
  4. State v. AugerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
  5. United States of America Ex Rel. Adrian Rosa v. Harold W. Follette, Warden of Green Haven Prison, Stormville, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. State v. NunleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1996
  2. State Ex Rel. White v. GrayWisconsin Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Scroggins v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1993
  4. Toler v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. State v. PendletonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1995

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