Legal Opinion

Montgomery v. State

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided May 11, 1970No. 54472PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FINCH, Judge.

This is an appeal from the action of the trial court in overruling movant’s motion under Supreme Court Rule 27.26, V.A.M. R., to vacate a judgment and sentence wherein he was sentenced to imprisonment for twenty-five years for robbery in the first degree. This case comes to the writer on recent reassignment. We reverse and remand.

Movant, sometimes referred to as defendant, originally was charged with murder in the first degree. The information alleged that he killed one Wilfred Gerald Brown while in the perpetration of robbery of Brown, thus constituting a charge under the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. SykesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
  2. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1958
  3. State v. MaddenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1930

3Cited by33 opinions

  1. State v. ParkhurstSupreme Court of Missouri · 1993
  2. McCrary v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. State v. HollandSupreme Court of Missouri · 1983
  4. State v. KirklandSupreme Court of Missouri · 1971
  5. State v. BrooksSupreme Court of Missouri · 1974

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