Nelson v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
SIMEONE, Presiding Justice.
This is an appeal by movant-appellant, Steven Gale Nelson, from an order entered by the Circuit Court of St. Louis County on February 14, 1975, denying movant’s motion to vacate filed December 23, 1974.
Appellant was tried and convicted in 1972 of the offense of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Department of Corrections. The conviction was appealed to the Supreme Court and affirmed in October, 1974. State v. Nelson, 514 S.W.2d 581 (Mo.1974). The facts surrounding the offense are detailed therein.
Following his conviction, movant, on…
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