DONALDSON v. STATE

No. 56375.

477 S.W.2d 84 (1972)

Charles Monroe DONALDSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

March 13, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon Dermott, Joplin, court appointed attorney for movant and Charles Monroe Donaldson, appellant pro se.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., G. Michael O'Neal, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Charles Monroe Donaldson has appealed from the order overruling his motion, filed pursuant to Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R., to vacate a sentence of 99 years entered September 29, 1947, on a plea of guilty to a charge of rape.

Appellant was represented at his preliminary hearing and in the circuit court by Mr. Russell Mallett, a lawyer with an extensive criminal law practice and who had the reputation of being a "skillful" lawyer.

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