HENNESSEY, C.J.
The defendant, Willie F. Smith, was tried to a jury, along with two codefendants, for the murder of one Edward Shaw in Springfield on June 11, 1972. On February 17, 1973, the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree against the defendant, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. On February 21, 1973, the defendant filed a motion for a new trial and a claim of appeal. The appeal was not perfected and was later dismissed. The...
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