Legal Opinion
Giles v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided December 27, 1977No. 37980PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARSHALL CRAIG, Special Judge.
The appellant was the movant in a proceeding seeking to vacate and set aside his sentence, which remedy he sought under Supreme Court Rule 27.26.
The trial court, without an evidentiary hearing, denied the movant’s motion and entered its order on March 5, 1976.
On April 10, 1975, movant entered a plea of guilty to the charge of second degree murder. The plea was accepted by the court after lengthy questioning by the court in which the movant and the attorneys participated. The movant was sentenced to fifteen years in the custody of the Department of Corrections of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Henderson v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1974
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
- Flood v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Rice v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
- Branstuder v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
- Griffin v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
- Westmoreland v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
- Cerame v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
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