Pollard v. State

CRIST, Judge.

Richard Lee Pollard appeals from the denial of his Rule 27.26 motion. Pollard’s contentions in this post-conviction proceeding center on the procedures used to identify him in his trial for first degree robbery. We affirm.

Pollard was convicted on November 30, 1966 and sentenced to twenty-five years in the Missouri Division of Corrections. Pollard’s appeal raised these same identification issues. The judgment was affirmed in State v. Pollard, 425 S.W.2d 106 (Mo.1968).

A post-conviction proceeding under Rule 27.26 cannot function as a substitute for a second appeal. It is a forum…