LEE v. STATE

No. 55345.

460 S.W.2d 564 (1970)

Elmer Eugene LEE, Movant-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

December 14, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl W. Blanchard, Joplin, court appointed, for movant-appellant.

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


MORGAN, Judge.

On September 7, 1961, appellant entered a plea of guilty to a charge of murder in the first degree, and the trial court imposed a sentence of life imprisonment. Proceeding under S.Ct. Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R., he moved to have the judgment and sentence vacated. After an evidentiary hearing, relief was denied and this appeal followed.

Appellant was on August 24, 1961, formally charged with the murder of...

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