Lewis v. State

DOWD, Judge.

Defendant appeals the trial court’s denial of postconviction relief under Rule 27.26. We affirm.

On April 9, 1973, the defendant, appearing in court with his attorney, entered a plea of guilty to the charge of second degree murder. The court accepted his plea and sentenced him to twenty years imprisonment.

During the guilty plea proceeding the prosecutor summarized the state’s evidence. About 1:20 a. m. on June 17, 1972, in the City of St. Louis, defendant and the female victim returned to their apartment from a tavern. The apartment was also the residence of the victim’s…