HARRIS v. STATE

No. 54443.

446 S.W.2d 758 (1969)

James William HARRIS, Movant-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

November 10, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. J. Taylor, Springfield, for appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Gene E. Voigts, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


BARRETT, Commissioner.

On March 13, 1952, James William Harris entered a plea of guilty to the charge of armed robbery of a Safeway Store in Springfield and was sentenced to 35 years' imprisonment. Sixteen years later, in August 1968, Harris instituted this 27.26 proceeding, not to vacate the sentence and judgment but as he personally requested in this hearing and as he and his counsel request in his brief here that his sentence be modified or corrected from 35 to...

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