Richardson v. State

BARDGETT, Judge.

Appellant Cloyd Samuel Richardson appealed to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, from an order entered in the circuit court of the City of St. Louis dismissing, without an evidentiary hearing, his motion to vacate judgment and sentence pursuant to Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R. Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree on February 11, 1972, and was sentenced to death. On appeal the conviction was affirmed; however, the sentence was reduced to life imprisonment. See State v. Richardson, 515 S.W.2d 557 (Mo. banc 1974). For reversal appellant argues that the trial…