Campbell v. State

NORWIN D. HOUSER, Special Judge.

Appeal from a judgment overruling a motion filed by Robert Lee Campbell under *846Rule 27.26 to set aside and vacate a judgment of conviction of murder in the second degree and a 25-year sentence.

The essential facts surrounding the killing are stated in the opinion on the original appeal, State v. Campbell, 465 S.W.2d 474, 475 (Mo.1971), and need not be restated.

On this appeal Campbell claims he was denied effective assistance of counsel at his original trial because of counsel’s failure to interview or take the depositions of any of the nine witnesses endorsed by…