Legal Opinion
Polk v. State
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided March 11, 1974No. 57555PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINS, Commissioner.
Appeal from denial, after evidentiary hearing, of motion under Rule 27.26, V.A. M.R. to vacate and set aside judgment of conviction and sentence to life imprisonment for murder, first degree. (Appeal taken prior to January 1, 1972.)
On March 4, 1969, Allen L. Polk, charged by indictment filed June 20, 1968, with murder, first degree, came on regularly for trial, represented by Mr. J. Arnot Hill of The Legal Aid & Defender Society of Greater Kansas City. Mr. Hill stated to the record that on October 9, 1968, at his request, his client was ordered to undergo mental…
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2Cases cited21 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Crosswhite v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
- John E. Kress v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- United States Ex Rel. Thurmond v. MancusiDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1967
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3Cited by1 opinion
- State v. LloydCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1981