Legal Opinion

Pulliam v. State

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided June 12, 1972No. 56077PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HIGGINS, Commissioner.

Appeal from denial, after evidentiary hearing, of motion under Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R., to vacate and set aside judgment of conviction of murder, second degree.

Emmett Pulliam, charged with murder for shooting his wife, Earline Viola Pul-liam, “wilfully, unlawfully, feloniously, premeditatedly, and of his malice aforethought,” pleaded guilty to murder, second degree, March 25, 1968. On May 10, 1968, the court assessed his punishment at 12 years’ imprisonment, and sentence and judgment were rendered accordingly. §§ 559.020, 559.030, V.A.M.S.

On August 4, 1969, Emmett Pulliam…

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2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  5. Crosswhite v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1991
  2. Miller v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1973
  3. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
  4. State v. VansandtsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. Bounds v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977

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