Charles v. State

SHANGLER, Judge.

The appeal comes from a judgment adverse to a Rule 27.26 motion to set aside a conviction and sentence for robbery.

The assertions for postconviction relief recite incidences of incompetency of trial counsel. Our review of that trial performance, however, is hampered by a brief on appeal which neglects the rudiments of Rule 84.04. The statement of facts is ten*411dentious rather than fair: it recites the effect of the witnesses for the defense, regardless of adjudicated findings of fact by the trial court and evidence by the prosecution to contrary effect. The references to the…