Campbell v. State

CRIST, Judge.

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

Movant was convicted by a jury of assault in the second degree and armed criminal action. He was sentenced as a prior and persistent offender to two concurrent ten-year prison terms. Movant shot victim three times after an episode concerning movant’s child and the child’s mother, Charlene White.

In his Rule 27.26 motion, movant alleged his lawyer failed to investigate and interview before trial Charlene White, who testified for the State. At the Rule 27.26 hearing, movant’s lawyer testified…