Tippett v. State

CLEMENS, Senior Judge.

Movant-defendant James Tippett in this Rule 27.26 proceeding had been previously jury-convicted of possessing heroin. The trial court sentenced him to 15 years in prison. We affirmed. State v. Tippett, 588 S.W.2d 742 (Mo.App.1979).

By defendant’s Rule 27.26 motion he pleaded his conviction was based on a search by policemen who—defendant alleged—had broken into his hotel room without a warrant.

The motion court summarily denied defendant’s motion. He has now appealed, contending the court erred because he had there pleaded facts of an illegal search, which if true would…