Legal Opinion

Tollison v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided August 23, 1977No. 37940PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WEIER, Judge.

On February 3,1975, James Donald Tolli-son was sentenced to ten years imprisonment after a trial in which he had been convicted of the illegal possession of a controlled substance. He did not appeal his conviction. On November 21, 1975, however, Tollison filed a motion to vacate, set aside or correct his sentence under Rule 27.26.The State moved to dismiss the Rule 27.26 motion without an evidentiary hearing on the ground that it failed to state facts upon which relief could be granted. After a hearing on the State’s motion to dismiss, the circuit court sustained the State’s…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. McCrary v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. Haliburton v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
  3. Thomas v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974
  4. Winston v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. Floyd v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. State v. HarrisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1981
  2. Benson v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  3. Durham v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
  4. Ross v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  5. Cook v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988

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