Legal Opinion

Wright v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided December 29, 1987No. 15134PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLANIGAN, Judge.

Movant, Jack L. Wright, appeals from an order denying, after an evidentiary hearing, his Rule 27.261 motion to set aside three judgments and three 25-year sentences for robbery in the first degree, § 569.020. The sentences run concurrently-

Movant’s first point is that he was entitled to relief on his motion, and the trial court erred in ruling otherwise, because his guilty pleas, on which the judgments were based, were not entered voluntarily and intelligently and movant was denied effective assistance of counsel. Movant bases his first point on four grounds.

Ground (a) is:

Movan…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Tollett v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Price v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
  2. Johnson v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2014
  3. Aaron H. Johnson v. State of MissouriMissouri Court of Appeals · 2014

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