Sprous v. State

WILLIAM H. PINNELL, Special Judge.

Movant, John Harvey Sprous, appeals from the denial,, without evidentiary hearing, of his motion to vacate his consecutive sentences of life imprisonment imposed after his convictions, following jury trial, of first degree robbery and first degree assault. On direct appeal, the convictions were affirmed. State v. Sprous, 639 S.W.2d 576 (Mo.1982).

The incident giving rise to the filing of the charges for which Sprous was convicted was a robbery which occurred in Spring*428field, Missouri, in 1981, during which Sprous and his codefendant, Kenneth Hei-stand, were…