Swenson v. State

In this consolidated appeal Millard L. Swenson challenges the dismissal of his second and third motions for post-conviction relief. We affirmed his underlying multiple jury convictions of kidnapping and sodomy and his sentences totaling 620 years’ imprisonment in State v. Swenson, 551 S.W.2d 917 (Mo.App.1977). In his three attempts to vacate his kidnapping and sodomy convictions, appellant alleged ineffectiveness of his trial counsel.

Appellant filed his first motion pursuant to Rule 27.26 in 1979. The trial court denied post-conviction relief in 1981 after an evidentiary hearing and we…