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Abercrombie v. State

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided September 14, 1970No. Nos. 54952, 54953PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARRETT, Commissioner.

On May 3, 1965, John R. Abercrombie, represented by distinguished counsel, Honorable Will F. Berry, Jr., entered pleas of guilty to two charges of murder in the first degree and was sentenced in each case to a term of life imprisonment. (He had two prior felony convictions in California, one after a jury trial and the other upon a plea of guilty.) The pleas were entered one year and nineteen days after Aber-crombie’s arrest on the day of the murders and after, in the language of his lawyer when the pleas were entered, “a full pre*759liminary hearing” in both cases and after…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Frazier v. CuppSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Parker v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
  2. Jackson v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
  3. Polk v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1974
  4. Weems v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1970

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