Perkins v. State

REINHARD, Judge.

Movant appeals after the denial of his Rule 27.26 motion following an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

Movant entered an Alford plea to a charge of first degree robbery involving a January 29, 1983, offense and pled guilty to another first degree robbery charge involving a February 24, 1983, offense. He received two concurrent 17-year sentences.

In his Rule 27.26 motion, amended after appointment of counsel, movant claimed that his pleas were rendered involuntary by his trial attorney’s ineffectiveness. He alleged counsel failed to contact alibi witnesses and eyewitnesses, failed…