Reynolds v. State

After nine years of incarceration in the Missouri penitentiary, movant filed his Rule 27.26 motion for post conviction relief to set aside his guilty pleas on three counts of first degree robbery and one count of first degree murder. Movant asserts incompetency of counsel as the basis for relief. A thorough evidentiary hearing was held on *520movant’s motion with the trial court denying his motion for relief. We note that movant’s attorney at his guilty pleas and the trial court judges accepting his pleas of guilt and hearing his motion for relief are now deceased.

The trial court’s order denying…