PARKS v. STATE

No. 57607.

492 S.W.2d 746 (1973)

John Henry PARKS, Movant-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

April 9, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willard B. Bunch, Public Defender, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, Robert A. Simons, Asst. Public Defender, Kansas City, for appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Neil MacFarlane, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


DONNELLY, Judge.

Appellant, John Henry Parks, on October 15, 1963, entered a plea of guilty in Jackson County, Missouri, to a charge of murder in the first degree, and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

On November 24, 1970, appellant filed a motion to withdraw guilty plea and to vacate judgment and sentence under Rules 27.25 and 27.26, V.A.M.R. An evidentiary hearing was held on February 26, 1971, and, on September 20, 1971, the trial court denied relief...

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