State v. Howard

HYDE, Presiding Judge.

Appeal from order overruling motion under Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R. to vacate judgment and sentence of life imprisonment for forceable rape, previously affirmed by this court on appeal. State v. Howard, Mo., 360 S.W.2d 718. The order, made without hearing evidence, was “motion to vacate and set aside sentence and judgment filed, considered and denied.” Counsel thereafter appointed for defendant, for this appeal, has briefed and argued the case here.

One of defendant’s principal contentions is that his confession received in evidence at the trial was involuntary and coerced. It…