Cruz v. State

BILLINGS, Chief Judge.

The Circuit Court of Greene County denied, without an evidentiary hearing, appellant Cruz’s postconviction motion to vacate the twenty-year sentence he is serving for first degree robbery. We affirm.

Appellant’s first motion under Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R., was denied by the trial court and that judgment affirmed by this court in Cruz v. State, 515 S.W.2d 610 (Mo.App. 1974).

Appellant’s present motion charges ineffective assistance of counsel and the sentencing court’s consideration of allegedly unconstitutional prior convictions.

The ineffective assistance of counsel ground was…