Drew v. State

DONNELLY, Judge.

An information filed in the Circuit Court of Jasper County, Missouri, charged defendant, Mack Lewis Drew, with murder in the first degree. On November 4, 1965, the prosecuting attorney amended the information to charge murder in the second degree, and defendant appeared with his employed attorney, Vernie Crandall, entered a plea of guilty to the charge, and was sentenced to imprisonment for twelve years.

On December 8, 1967, defendant filed in the Circuit Court of Jasper County, Missouri, his Motion to Vacate Judgment under S.Ct. Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R. An evidentiary hearing was…