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STATE v. MARTIN

No. 53264.

428 S.W.2d 489 (1968)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Roosevelt MARTIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

June 10, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman H. Anderson, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Adam B. Fischer, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Sedalia, for respondent.

J. Whitfield Moody, The Legal Aid and Defender Society of Greater Kansas City, Kansas City, for appellant.

BARRETT, Commissioner.

Roosevelt Martin, a Negro boy, age 18, and four other Negro boys, Steve John Morris, Calvin Lee Hayes, Torrence Henderson and James Allen Caldwell, were jointly indicted for the forcible rape of Cathy, a white girl, age 18. State v. Harris, 150 Mo. 56, 51 S.W. 481. Upon a separate trial a jury found Roosevelt guilty and fixed his punishment at life imprisonment. In the trial of his case he was represented by hired counsel, a lawyer experienced...

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