Johnson v. State

SOMERVILLE, Presiding Judge.

An indictment returned by a Jackson County grand jury charging Michael Johnson (movant) with the crime of murder in the second degree (Section 559.020, RSMo 1969) resulted in a plea of guilty and imposition of a twenty-five year sentence. This appeal lies from a judgment and order of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri. following an evidentiary hearing denying movant’s Rule 27.26 motion to vacate said sentence.

Movant raises and argues two points on appeal. Quoted verbatim, they are: (1) “The Court erred in finding that the defendant had effective and…