Walker v. State

SOMERVILLE, Presiding Judge.

Daniel Ray Walker was found guilty of rape, sodomy per os and sodomy per anum by a Platte County jury. Walker was charged under the second offender act and the trial judge fixed his punishment at life imprisonment for each offense, said sentences to run concurrently. Failing to obtain relief by way of direct appeal, State v. Walker, 484 S.W.2d 284 (Mo.1972), Walker resorted to Rule 27.26. The matter is now lodged in this court by reason of the trial court’s denial of post-conviction relief to Walker following an evidentiary hearing.

Numerous reasons postulated by…