Nelson v. State

GARY M. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Michael Nelson, appeals the denial of his Rule 27.26 motion after an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

Appellant was found guilty by a jury of two counts of sale of a controlled substance, heroin, and was sentenced as a pri- or drug offender by the court on June 12, 1986, to two concurrent terms of thirty years imprisonment without probation or parole. Appellant’s conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal in State v. Nelson, 736 S.W.2d 542 (Mo.App., E.D.1987).

On December 29, 1987, appellant filed a pro se motion under prior Rule 27.26. An…