State v. Edmondson

STORCKMAN, Judge.

This appeal is by the state from a trial court order sustaining the motion of George Ben Edmondson under S.Ct. Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R., to set aside a judgment of conviction and sentence entered on a plea of guilty to a charge of first-degree robbery. A prison term of ten years was imposed and the movant is now in the custody of the Department of Corrections of the State of Missouri. On a showing of indigency, counsel was appointed by the trial court. The same counsel briefed and argued the case for the movant as respondent on appeal.

The history of the case goes back to 1961. In…