Legal Opinion

Donahue v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided June 14, 1983No. WD33684PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WASSERSTROM, Judge.

The movant Donahue appeals from a denial of his motion for post conviction relief under Rule 27.26. We hold: (1) Donahue entered the questioned guilty plea intelligently and knowingly; (2) the state did not breach the plea bargain with movant in such a substantial respect as to require relief; and (3) if there was a breach by the state, any such breach was waived by Donahue.

In June 1978 Donahue was convicted by a jury in case CR78-0331 and was sentenced by Judge Bondurant to 10 years imprisonment. Thereafter in October 1978 Donahue was found guilty by a jury in case…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Schellert v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1978

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Ossana v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
  2. Ferina v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
  3. TERRY A. GUENGERICH and LORRAINE GUENGERICH v. KAYLA BARKER and CLARENCE EDWARD HIGGINS, JR., Defendants-Respondents.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2014
  4. Glass v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1997
  5. Leonard A. Donahue v. Bill Armontrout, Warden, Missouri State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987

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