Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided July 22, 1974No. 58559PublishedCited by 175 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMAN, Judge.
On November 8, 1971, movant (hereinafter referred to as defendant) entered a plea of guilty to a charge of second degree murder and was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 19 years. On September 11, 1972, he filed a motion to vacate his sentence pursuant to Rule 27.26. The trial court thereafter appointed an attorney for movant and set the motion for hearing. Before any hearing was held, however, the State filed a motion to dismiss which was sustained by the court. Movant appealed to the Court of Appeals, St. Louis District. That court adopted an opinion which reversed the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Tollett v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Fontaine v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- State of Missouri v. Virgil Lewis TurleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Colbert v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
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3Cited by175 opinions
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