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THOMPSON v. STATE

No. 10802.

569 S.W.2d 380 (1978)

Douglas W. THOMPSON, Movant-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Springfield District.

July 24, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George R. Wilhoit, Jr., Glenn E. Easley, Hyde, Purcell, Wilhoit, Edmundson & Merrell, Poplar Bluff, for movant-appellant.

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Paul Robert Otto, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

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

HOGAN, Judge.

In this postconviction proceeding under Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R., petitioner Douglas W. Thompson seeks to vacate a life sentence imposed by the Circuit Court of Butler County on June 1, 1961, after a jury had found him guilty of first-degree murder. The trial court has denied an evidentiary hearing and has dismissed the motion on the grounds that all the matters alleged as grounds for relief are trial errors, do not constitute a collateral attack on the...

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