Caldwell v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
CLEMENS, Senior Judge.
After hearing movant’s testimony in support of his Rule 27.26 motion the court denied it and movant, hereafter “defendant”, appeals.
Defendant had previously pled guilty to robbery and stealing and was sentenced to concurrent ten and two year terms in prison, these to begin when he had completed a prior five year prison sentence.
Defendant now contends his guilty pleas were involuntary because his counsel had failed fo investigate and endorse known alibi witnesses.
On this motion defendant was his only witness. He did not call the now challenged trial counsel. Nor does he…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cherry v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
- Mullen v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
- Smith v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
3Cited by4 opinions
- Cowans v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
- Bailey v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
- Street v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
- Hayes v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988