Legal Opinion
State v. Eaton
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided May 13, 1957No. 45606PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEEDY, Justice.
At the May Term, 1945, of the Circuit Court of Buchanan County, James G. Eaton was convicted of murder in the second degree in having killed Willie Van Ross on February 10, 1945. He was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of 18 years, which judgment was affirmed June 10, 1946. State v. Eaton, 355 Mo. 164, 195 S.W.2d 457.
About a year after such affirmance — May 28, 1947, to be exact, Eaton, then incarcerated in the penitentiary under the judgment above mentioned, applied to the Circuit Court of Cole County for habeas corpus to effect his release from such…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Almeida v. BaldiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1952
- State v. EatonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1955
- State v. McAfeeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- State v. EatonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1946
3Cited by25 opinions
- Milton M. Levin v. Nicholas Deb. Katzenbach, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1965
- State v. NinemiresSupreme Court of Missouri · 1957
- State v. HarrisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
- State v. StatlerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1964
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