JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 35653.

519 S.W.2d 731 (1975)

Estil Lee JOHNSON, Movant-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division Two.

February 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Cafer, Vandalia, for movant-appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., K. Preston Dean, II, Paul Robert Otto, Scott A. Raisher, Jefferson City, Thomas I. Osborne, Mexico, for respondent.


SMITH, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Audrain County denying movant-appellant's motion under Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R., to vacate a 90 year sentence imposed upon a plea of guilty in 1952 to the crime of rape. We affirm.

The trial court conducted an evidentiary hearing and found that a written statement given by movant at the time of his arrest was not coerced, that movant had received effective assistance of counsel, and...

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