Legal Opinion
Small v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided February 1, 1983No. 44886PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARD, Judge.
Movant appeals from the trial court’s denial of his Rule 27.26 motion without an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.
Movant was charged with one count of statutory rape, a violation of § 559.260, RSMo. 1969, and an unspecified companion charge. On April 9, 1980, he entered an Alford plea of guilty to the offense of statutory rape and the state dismissed the other charge. On May 20, 1980, the court sentenced movant to fifteen years with the Department of Corrections.
In movant’s amended motion, he alleges that his plea was involuntary because his attorney erroneously led him to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- McMahon v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1978
- Maggard v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1971
- Kearns v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
- Moore v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Walker v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
- Turner v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988
- Pippenger v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1990
- Allen v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988
- Tucker v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988
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