Allen v. State

MAUS, Chief Judge.

By his pro se motion filed under Rule 27.26, the movant seeks to have his life sentence vacated. The record gives only a bare outline of the crime for which he was sentenced. Apparently, on January 20, 1981, the movant, Gresham and Ashley robbed a service station in Shannon County operated by Bennie Searcy and Thelma Se-arcy. Bennie Searcy was grievously wounded and Thelma Searcy was killed.

Initially a complaint was filed alleging the movant committed the crime of capital murder by shooting Thelma Searcy with a 16-gauge shotgun. The complaint was amended to allege the movant…