Scroggins v. State

WASSERSTROM, Chief Judge.

After conviction and sentence for forcible rape, sodomy and first degree robbery, defendant filed a motion under Rule 27.26 to set aside the sentence. From a denial of that motion, defendant appeals.

Defendant was one of four young men who seized and assaulted a young woman and stole jewelry and cash from her. After their arrest and joint preliminary hearing, defendant applied for and obtained a change of venue so that he might have a separate trial. At the same time, he through his attorney, Mr. J. William Turley, was conducting plea bargaining with the prosecutor,…