Legal Opinion

Brooks v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided October 18, 1988No. 54305PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARL R. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

We affirmed appellant’s conviction of attempted robbery in the first degree in State v. Brooks, 694 S.W.2d 851 (Mo.App.1985). He now seeks to vacate this conviction by Rule 27.26 motion alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. The trial court denied this motion after an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

As delineated in Sanders v. State, 738 S.W.2d 856, 857 (Mo. banc 1987) our review of the ruling on a 27.26 motion is “limited to a determination of whether the findings, conclusions, and judgment of the trial court are clearly erroneous” and we must affirm in…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987
  3. State v. MartinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
  4. State v. EllisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
  5. Moore v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Trice v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1990
  2. Wolford v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1990
  3. Phillips v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1990

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