HICKS v. STATE

No. 10213.

544 S.W.2d 79 (1976)

Terry Joe HICKS, Movant-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Springfield District.

November 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Purcell, Hyde, Purcell, Wilhoit & Edmundson, Poplar Bluff, for movant-appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Robert M. Sommers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Before BILLINGS, C. J., and STONE and TITUS, JJ.


BILLINGS, Chief Judge.

Appellant Terry Joe Hicks, serving a 15-year prison sentence for armed robbery, has appealed from the order of the Circuit Court of Butler County denying his Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R., motion to vacate the sentence. As grounds for his motion the appellant charged that his attorney failed to investigate the case and made him false promises; that his plea of guilty was induced by threats from law enforcement officers; and that he was under the influence...

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