Salkil v. State

Following a jury trial, Salkil was found guilty of felonious restraint and rape and he was sentenced to consecutive terms of two and five years imprisonment, respectively. After an unsuccessful direct appeal, State v. Salkil, 659 S.W.2d 330 (Mo. App.1983), Salkil filed a Rule 27.26 motion. His motion was overruled following an evi-dentiary hearing and he now appeals. For the reasons set forth below, the judgment is reversed and the case remanded for a new trial.

The facts of the underlying crime are set forth in our earlier opinion, Salkil, supra at 331-32, and they need not be recounted here.…