Hall v. State

SIMEONE, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment and order of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis entered March 21, 1972 denying movant-appellant’s amended 1 motion to vacate judgment and sentence under Supreme Court Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R. Appellant had been sentenced to 18 years in prison for second-degree murder in 1966.

Appellant’s argument on appeal urges that the court erred in denying his motion and asserts that the error is based on “one common issue — the voluntariness of the movant’s plea of guilty.” More strenuously he contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel…