THOMAS v. STATE

No. 56216.

465 S.W.2d 513 (1971)

Sanford THOMAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

April 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack M. Chasnoff, Clayton, for movant-appellant.

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


HOUSER, Commissioner.

Appeal from a ruling of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis denying the amended motion of Sanford Thomas filed under Criminal Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R., to vacate the judgment of conviction entered in that court finding him guilty of murder in the first degree and sentencing him to life imprisonment.

One Frederick Brown, Jr., pleaded guilty to the robbery and murder of John Dougherty, a taxi driver, in his taxicab. During the investigation...

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