Alan L. Echols v. State of Missouri

IN THE MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS WESTERN DISTRICT ALAN L. ECHOLS, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) WD83980 ) STATE OF MISSOURI, ) Opinion filed: September 28, 2021 ) Respondent. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI THE HONORABLE JALILAH OTTO, JUDGE Division Three: Edward R. Ardini, Jr., Presiding Judge, Mark D. Pfeiffer, Judge and W. Douglas Thomson, Judge Alan Echols (“Echols”) appeals the judgment of the Circuit Court of Jackson County denying his “Motion for Post-Conviction Relief Due to Conflict of Interest and Abandonment.” Echols was convicted in 1991, after a jury trial,…