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FORD v. STATE

No. KCD 27332.

530 S.W.2d 25 (1975)

Roscoe FORD, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied November 19, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Anderson, Kansas City, for appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Preston Dean, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Before SOMERVILLE, P. J., PRITCHARD, C. J., and TURNAGE, J.

SOMERVILLE, Presiding Judge.

Roscoe Ford, a black man, was convicted of first degree murder (1971) by an all white jury in Jackson County. Failing to obtain relief by way of direct appeal, State v. Ford, 495 S.W.2d 408 (Mo. banc 1973), he then resorted to Rule 27.26.

Ford's Rule 27.26 motion was denied by the trial court on March 7, 1974, absent an evidentiary hearing. He contends on appeal that the trial court erred...

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