State v. Clay

GUNN, Judge.

Defendant-appellant appeals from a denial, without hearing, of his Rule 27.26, V. A.M.R. motion to vacate convictions based on pleas of guilty to first degree murder and two separate counts of robbery. The core issues which we consider are whether defendant’s 27.26 motion states facts which, if true, would entitle him to relief and whether the record made at the time of the guilty pleas refutes defendant’s Rule 27.26 contentions, thereby negating the necessity of an evidentiary hearing by the trial court. We affirm the decision of the trial court.

On February 26, 1968, defendant…