Legal Opinion

Jackson v. State

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided February 22, 1972No. 56381PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOUSER, Commissioner.

Donald Lee Jackson has appealed from an order overruling his motion, filed under Criminal Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R., to vacate a 40-year sentence entered August 12, 1964 on a plea of guilty to a charge of assault with a dangerous and deadly weapon.

The first question is whether appellant’s plea is involuntary and constitutionally invalid under testimony adduced by appellant that while in the county jail he was subjected to unsanitary conditions, restricted diet, solitary confinement, inhumane treatment, and denied access to counsel and friends, thereby being reduced to a mental…

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2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Burgett v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Robert William Losieau v. Maurice H. Sigler, Warden, Nebraska State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
  5. Bartlett v. Kansas City Public Service Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1942

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
  2. Liberty Financial Management Corp. v. Beneficial Data Processing Corp.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. McCrary v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
  4. Beach v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
  5. State v. DavisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980

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