Boggs v. State

CROW, Chief Judge.

John Boggs (“movant”) appeals from a judgment dismissing his first amended motion under Rule 27.26, Missouri Rules of Criminal Procedure (17th ed. 1986), to vacate his conviction of first degree murder, § 565.008, RSMo 1978, and sentence of life imprisonment. The conviction, a result of trial by jury, was affirmed on direct appeal. State v. Boggs, 834 S.W.2d 447 (Mo. banc 1982).

Movant commenced the instant proceeding by filing a pro se motion to vacate on September 10, 1984. We henceforth refer to that pleading as “the pro se motion.”

Counsel was subsequently appointed to…