Legal Opinion

State v. Maness

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 10, 1966No. 51503PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARRETT, Commissioner.

Upon a jury trial in Jefferson County, on March 29, 1939, with court-appointed counsel, Hugh E. Maness was found guilty of forcible rape and sentenced to fifty years’ imprisonment. And now after the lapse of more than 25 years, August '1964, Maness instituted this proceeding under Criminal Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R., to vacate the original judgment and sentence. The Circuit Court of Jefferson County appointed counsel to represent Maness in this proceeding, a hearing was had upon his petition to vacate the 1939 judgment and at the conclusion of the hearing the court denied the…

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2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  4. Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. W. C. Dodd v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Hugh E. Maness v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden, Missouri State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
  2. Ball v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
  3. State v. BallSupreme Court of Missouri · 1966
  4. Chastain v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
  5. State v. DaileyMissouri Court of Appeals · 2000

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