Legal Opinion
Jackson v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided October 31, 1977No. KCD 29201, KCD 29231PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOMERVILLE, Judge.
Ulaska Jackson, Jr., a black man, was convicted of first degree felony murder (1972) by a Jackson County jury and sentenced to life imprisonment. Failing to obtain relief by way of direct appeal, State v. Jackson, 506 S.W.2d 424 (Mo.1974), he then resorted to Rule 27.26. Jackson’s Rule 27.-26 motion was denied by the trial court absent an evidentiary hearing.
A single point is urged by Jackson on appeal, namely, error on the part of the trial court in summarily denying his Rule 27.26 motion without an evidentiary hearing.
Disposition of Jackson’s lone point pivots on whether…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1974
- Martin v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- State v. GranberrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- State v. St. ClairSupreme Court of Missouri · 1953
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Wright v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. VasquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- State v. FinnellNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1984
- Brager v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
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