Roberts v. State

HIGGINS, Judge.

Roy Roberts was convicted by a jury of capital murder and sentenced to death. The ensuing judgment was affirmed. State v. Roberts, 709 S.W.2d 857 (Mo. banc 1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 946, 107 S.Ct. 427, 93 L.Ed.2d 378 (1986). He filed a motion for post-conviction relief under Rule 27.26 (repealed, effective January 1, 1988) alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. The circuit court denied relief after an evi-dentiary hearing.1 The appeal of that judgment was transferred to this Court. The judgment is affirmed.

Roberts was convicted for the murder of a corrections officer…