Weems v. State

BARRETT, Commissioner.

On May 24, 1966, William Junior Weems entered a plea of guilty to grand larceny, the theft of batteries and a radiator from a tractor and a truck, was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment and “placed on probation.” Subsequently probation was revoked and Junior is now confined in the Missouri Training Center at Moberly. On October 22, 1968, he instituted this 27.26 proceeding alleging Sixth and Fourteenth constitutional amendment violations in that he “received inadequate and ineffective representation and assistance of counsel,” particularly in that he was denied due…