Legal Opinion
McCormick v. State
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided February 8, 1971No. 55784PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONNELLY, Presiding Judge.
Appellant, Donnie Ray McCormick, was convicted of murder in the first degree in the Circuit Court of Ralls County, Missouri, and his conviction was affirmed on direct appeal. State v. McCormick, Mo. Sup., 426 S.W.2d 62 (1968).
On June 25, 1969, appellant filed a motion to vacate under S.Ct. Rule 27.26, V. A.M.R. Evidentiary hearings were held by the trial court, with appellant present, on February 19, 1970, and on March 9, 1970. Appellant’s motion to vacate was denied and he appeals.
Appellant urges that he “has been denied a fair trial and equal protection of the law…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Crosswhite v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
- Brizendine v. SwensonDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1969
- Lawrence W. Green v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Frederick James Caster v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Miller v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1973
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- Newman v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- State v. VansandtsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
- Jerry Dean Jones v. Harold R. Swenson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
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