State v. Ray

GUNN, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for first degree robbery. The issues raised concern the voluntariness of his confession and the competency of the jail warden to testify regarding medical treatment administered to defendant. We affirm.

Defendant’s conviction arose out of events occurring in the City of St. Louis in October 1959. The conviction was affirmed in State v. Ray, 354 S.W.2d 840 (Mo.1962). This second appeal is the result of defendant’s not being represented by counsel in the first appellate proceeding. Bosler v. Swenson, 386 U.S. 258, 87 S.Ct. 996, 18 L.Ed.2d 33 (1966).

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