Williams v. State

GARY M. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Movant, Rondell Williams, appeals from the denial of his Rule 27.26 motion after an evidentiary hearing. Movant was convict ed by a jury of capital murder, RSMo § 565.001 (1978), and sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility for parole for fifty years. Movant had shot and killed a '.aw student as movant was trying to exit a burglary scene. This court affirmed the conviction on direct appeal. State v. Williams, 710 S.W.2d 395 (Mo.App., E.D.1986). In his Rule 27.26 motion, movant alleged ineffective assistance of counsel resulting from counsel’s…