Chambers v. State

TITUS, Judge.

Freddy Chambers was jury-tried and convicted of one count of stealing and four counts of second-degree murder. Because the jury could not agree on punishment, the court fixed punishment at ten years’ imprisonment for the stealing and at twenty-five years’ imprisonment on each murder count with the terms to run consecutively. The conviction was affirmed on appeal. State v. Chambers, 524 S.W.2d 826 (Mo.banc 1975). On 20 September 1976, Chambers filed a Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R., motion seeking to vacate, set aside or correct the conviction and sentences. The Circuit Court of McDonald…