Hall v. State

DONNELLY, Judge.

Appellant, John Hall, was charged in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis with robbery in the first degree by means of a dangerous and deadly weapon. He entered a plea of not guilty, and trial began. He interrupted the trial, entered a plea of guilty, and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The facts elicited from appellant when he entered his plea of guilty identify appellant as the man who assisted Gilbert Madison in robbing Usselman’s Market in the City of St. Louis (see State v. Madison, Mo., 459 S.W.2d 291).

On December 16, 1969, appellant filed a motion to vacate…