Thurman v. State

KELLY, Judge.

Appellant appeals from the action of the trial court denying his motion to vacate, set aside or correct his conviction and sentence to life imprisonment upon a plea of guilty to the offense of murder in the first degree entered on November 16, 1936, in Division No. 11 of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. Rules 27.25 and 27.26 V.A.M.R.

The grounds for appellant’s motion were (a) that the plea of guilty was involuntarily entered because of threats by the Assistant Circuit Attorney and pressure applied upon him by his court appointed counsel and his father to enter a plea…