Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided August 31, 1982No. 44603PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GUNN, Judge.

There are three issues raised in this Rule 27.26 proceeding to set aside movant’s pleas of guilty to first degree murder and second degree assault: (1) whether, after initially being indicted for capital murder, movant may be convicted of first degree murder under substitute information; (2) whether movant was entitled to a preliminary hearing on the substitute information; (3) whether movant’s conviction was invalid under the law existing at the time of his plea.

We affirm.

*498No error occurs by allowing the state to file an amended information on first degree murder after an original…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Bouie v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. State v. WilkersonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1981
  3. State v. HandleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
  4. Bryant v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  5. State v. LaneSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. BerryMissouri Court of Appeals · 1996
  2. State v. HadleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
  3. State v. McBrideMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985

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