Legal Opinion
Willis v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided March 4, 1982No. 12229PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GREENE, Presiding Judge.
Movant, John Wilton Willis, was jury-tried and convicted of one count of forcible rape and two counts of robbery in the first degree. The trial court sentenced Willis to 40 years’ imprisonment on the rape charge and 30 years’ on each count of robbery, with the sentences to run consecutively under authority granted by the Second Offender Act. The convictions were upheld on appeal. State v. Willis, 577 S.W.2d 655 (Mo.App.1979). Willis was imprisoned and later filed a motion to vacate the judgments and sentences in question, as authorized by Rule 27.26. 1 The state filed…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. CalandraSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Linkletter v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. KrileyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
- State v. BaileyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
- Tate v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
- State v. EsquivelMissouri Court of Appeals · 1999
- State v. BoswellMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
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