Legal Opinion

Giles v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided October 27, 1981No. 42977PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CRIST, Judge.

Movant entered a plea of guilty in the Circuit Court of the County of St. Louis to a charge of murder in the second degree on April 10,1975 and was sentenced to fifteen years in the Missouri Department of Corrections.

The following March, movant filed a Rule 27.26 motion pro se, alleging that his guilty plea was not voluntary and that he was denied effective assistance of counsel. This motion was overruled without appointment of counsel or an evidentiary hearing and was affirmed by this court on December 27, 1977. Giles v. State, 562 S.W.2d 106 (Mo.App.).

Subsequently, our Supreme…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Fields v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1978
  2. Giles v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
  3. Orr v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  4. State v. WilliamsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
  5. Clark v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
  2. Grant v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
  3. Anderson v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988
  4. Phillips v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
  5. Wayne v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986

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