Legal Opinion

Aikens v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided February 15, 1977No. 38179PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Per curiam

Appellant, Leevert Aikens, appeals from an order of the circuit court of the City of St. Louis entered on May 18, 1976, overruling his motion to vacate sentence filed pursuant to Rule 27.26 V.A.M.R. In 1970 appellant was found guilty of the offense of rape and was sentenced under the second offender act to twenty years in the department of corrections. The conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court. State v. Aikens, 473 S.W.2d 746 (Mo. 1971).

On October 21, 1975, appellant filed his pro se motion to vacate and set aside this conviction pursuant to Rule 27.26. The motion was amended on the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Roger Lee McQueen v. Harold R. Swenson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
  2. Edward Lewis Robinson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
  3. McQueen v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1971
  4. Hall v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1973
  5. Thomas v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987
  2. Hogshooter v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. Covington v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  4. Brewster v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
  5. Shaw v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989

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