Douglas W. Thompson v. Carl White, Supt. Correction, Missouri Training Center

In 1966 Douglas W. Thompson was convicted in a Missouri circuit court of first-degree murder. Punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. No appeal was taken.

On September 10, 1975, Thompson filed a Rule 27.26 motion in a state court to vacate his conviction. The motion alleged:

1) that the conviction was secured by the knowing use of perjured testimony;

2) that the conviction was not founded on any credible evidence;

3) that the conviction violated double jeopardy; 1

4) that the jury was not drawn from a cross-section of the community;

5) that the state trial judge improperly refused…