Legal Opinion

State v. Baugh

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 12, 1964No. 50419PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WELBORN, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a judgment denying appellant’s Motion to Vacate and Set Aside Judgment and Sentence (Supreme Court Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R.) upon his conviction of statutory rape. The circuit court denied the motion without a hearing. This appeal followed.

On October 15, 1957, appellant was tried and convicted in the St. Louis Circuit Court as a habitual criminal of statutory rape. In accordance with the habitual criminal act then effective (Sections 556.280, 556.290, RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S.), the jury returned the mandatory sentence of imprisonment for life. The…

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2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  5. Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. State v. DuisenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
  2. State v. JordanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974
  3. State v. GardnerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  4. State v. GoffSupreme Court of Missouri · 1970
  5. State v. HaleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1966

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