Crawford v. State

WELBORN, Commissioner.

Appeal from denial of relief in Supreme Court Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R. proceeding.

Charles Lee Crawford, charged as a second offender, was found guilty by a Lac-lede County Circuit Court jury of murder in the first degree. The court fixed the punishment at life imprisonment. On appeal to this court, the conviction was affirmed. State v. Crawford, Mo.Sup., 416 S.W.2d 178.

Crawford filed a motion under Supreme Court Rule 27.26, in the Laclede County Circuit Court. The court appointed counsel who had represented Crawford at the trial and on the prior appeal to represent him in…