Riley v. State

Edwin W. Riley pleaded guilty in June 1971 to a charge of burglary and stealing. The Circuit Court of Wright County sentenced him to concurrent terms of ten and five years’ imprisonment. He now appeals from denial, after evidentiary hearing, of his second motion filed under Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R. Counsel was appointed to represent movant in this appeal. However, he has elected to represent himself in propria persona and to submit the cause on the brief which he prepared.

The points relied on in movant’s brief are that the trial court erred in not finding (I) “that the plea of guilty was…