Smith v. State

DOWD, Chief Judge.

Appeal from the denial of a motion filed under Rule 27.26 to set aside and vacate three felony convictions. On April 28, 1970, movant pleaded guilty to three felonies in connection with an armed robbery.1 Movant was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment on each of the robbery charges and two years on the attempted bribery charge, with sentences to run concurrently. In his motion movant alleged that he had involuntarily pleaded guilty, that he had unintelli-gently waived a jury trial, and that he was denied effective assistance of counsel. Movant argues that his trial attorney…