Fritz v. State

SHANGLER, Judge.

This appeal is from a denial, after eviden-tiary hearing, of a Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R., motion to set aside a judgment and sentence for burglary.

The appellant contends (1) the failure of trial counsel to interview the State’s witnesses deprived him of the intelligent and knowing choice between a jury trial and a plea of guilty and (2) he was prejudiced when the trial judge advised the prosecutor how to properly phrase questions to the witnesses.

At the trial of the offense, the State presented four witnesses: the burglary victim, the two police officers who had investigated the…