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FRANKLIN v. STATE

No. 57455.

501 S.W.2d 166 (1973)

Lonnie Ray FRANKLIN, Movant-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

November 12, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry C. Hughes, Lusser, Hughes & Lusser, St. Louis, for movant-appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Richard Paden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

WELBORN, Commissioner.

Appeal from denial of relief in proceeding under Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R. to set aside judgment and sentence of life imprisonment, entered on jury verdict finding Lonnie Ray Franklin guilty of murder in the first degree.

Franklin was convicted in the shooting death of James Riehl, outside Sir L. Roy's Lounge in St. Louis in the early morning hours of January 31, 1970. Franklin had met two friends, James Bowlin and James Sattel at the lounge...

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