CHEEK v. STATE

No. 54810.

459 S.W.2d 278 (1970)

Arthur CHEEK, Movant-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

November 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elvis A. Mooney, Bloomfield, Charles M. Cable, Kennett, C. H. Parsons, Jr., Dexter, for movant-appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Dale L. Rollings, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


HOLMAN, Judge.

On April 11, 1958, a jury returned a verdict finding movant (hereinafter referred to as defendant) guilty of murder in the first degree and fixing his punishment at life imprisonment. A motion for new trial was filed and overruled but defendant did not appeal. He made an ineffective attempt to appeal by filing a pro se motion in this court for a special order of appeal under the provisions of S.Ct. Rule 28.07, V.A.M.R. That motion was sustained on September...

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