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KENTON v. STATE

No. 39884.

571 S.W.2d 754 (1978)

Paul Edward KENTON, Movant-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

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

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied October 13, 1978.

Application to Transfer Denied November 6, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin G. Franke, Public Defender, Gary L. Gardner, Asst. Public Defender, Union, for movant-appellant.

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Paul Robert Otto, Asst. Atty. Gen., James McHenry, Pros. Atty., Thomas J. Brown, III, Asst. Pros. Atty., Jefferson City, for respondent.

CLEMENS, Presiding Judge.

Movant (hereafter defendant) Paul Edward Kenton has appealed the denial of his third Rule 27.26 motion without an evidentiary hearing. In 1955 defendant was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The conviction was affirmed in State v. Kenton, 298 S.W.2d 433 (Mo. 1957). Post-conviction motions were denied in 1960 and 1968. We affirm.

In 1977 defendant again moved...

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