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STATE v. BLACKSTONE

No. 54132.

456 S.W.2d 323 (1970)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Charles J. BLACKSTONE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

July 13, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Thomas L. Patten, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

John J. Cosgrove, Willard B. Bunch, Kansas City, The Legal Aid and Defender Society of Greater Kansas City, for appellant.

BARRETT, Commissioner.

On December 9, 1935, Charles J. Blackstone, then 21, entered pleas of guilty to robbery and murder, the murder being of one of the victims of the robbery, and was sentenced in each case to life imprisonment. Thirty-two years later he instituted this 27.26 proceeding in which he asserted (1) "I was compelled by brutal force by arresting officers" and (2) "I was without financial means to secure an attorney that could have possibly given me the...

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