Evans v. State

CRIST, Judge.

Movant appeals the denial of his Rule 27.26 motion after an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

Movant and his two co-defendants were involved in a robbery, for which movant was convicted by a jury and sentenced to ten years in prison. See State v. Evans, 694 S.W.2d 860 (Mo.App.1985). Movant now asserts his conviction should be vacated because his counsel at trial was ineffective by not personally interviewing his co-defendants before deciding not to call them as witnesses at trial.

Movant’s co-defendants were arrested immediately after the robbery. Both co-defendants then gave…