SHOEMAKE v. STATE

No. 54746.

462 S.W.2d 772 (1971)

Harold Lindell SHOEMAKE, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

February 8, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Oliver Rasch, Bonne Terre, for appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Charles B. Blackmar, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Louis, for respondent.


WELBORN, Commissioner.

Appeal from denial of relief in proceeding to set aside judgment and sentence of life imprisonment, entered upon plea of guilty.

On Sunday morning, June 9, 1957, shortly after midnight, Porter Dorsey was found shot to death in his house in a rural area of Wayne County. On Sunday afternoon, appellant, Harold Lindell Shoemake, was taken into custody at Fredericktown by a member of the Missouri...

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