Legal Opinion

Wright v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided March 30, 1981No. WD 31718PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SOMERVILLE, Judge.

Movant has appealed from the denial of post-conviction relief sought via a second Rule 27.26 motion. He was represented by counsel on both his first and second Rule 27.26 motions.

On April 25, 1972, movant pleaded guilty to two counts of murder in the first degree and one count of robbery in the first degree resulting in two concurrent life sentences and one consecutive life sentence. He was unsuccessful in obtaining post-conviction relief by an earlier Rule 27.26 motion filed on June 9,1975, denied on March 22,1976, and affirmed on appeal in Wright v. State, 549 S.W.2d 554…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Grant v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
  3. Jones v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
  4. Neal v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
  5. Burnside v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ButtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  2. State Ex Rel. Taylor v. MooreSupreme Court of Missouri · 2004
  3. Cheek v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
  4. Carter v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
  5. Pinson v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1990

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