Legal Opinion
Winston v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided February 10, 1976No. 36864PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMEONE, Presiding Judge.
This is an appeal by movant-appellant, Joecephus Winston, Jr., from an order of the circuit court of the City of St. Louis entered May 7, 1974, overruling and denying without an evidentiary hearing his motion to vacate sentence pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 27.26.
On December 6, 1971, movant withdrew his plea of not guilty to murder in the second degree, § 559.020, RSMo 1969, and entered a plea of guilty to that offense. On the guilty plea, the trial court examined the movant, in the presence of his attorney, in great detail. 1 After questioning the mov- ant, the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Johnson v. AverySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1974
- McCracken v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
- Hogshooter v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Fields v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1978
- Rice v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
- Tollison v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
- Cole v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
- Westmoreland v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
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