Coles v. State

SIMEONE, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis overruling movant-appellant’s motion to vacate judgment and sentence pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R.

Appellant was found guilty of second-degree murder by a jury on February 12, 1970, and the court sentenced the appellant to a term of twenty-eight years imprisonment. The conviction was appealed to the Supreme Court and affirmed on June 14, 1971. State v. Coles, 467 S.W.2d 889 (Mo.1971). On December 6, 1971, appellant filed his motion to vacate and an attorney was appointed to represent…