Goodloe v. State

JOHN M. CAVE, Special Judge.

Appellant, on his plea of guilty to a reduced charge of murder in the second degree, received a sentence of 15 years in the Department of Corrections. Thereafter, he filed a motion to set aside the judgment and sentence therein under Supreme Court Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R. The trial court, after an evidentiary hearing, denied relief. We affirm.

The appeal having been lodged in this court prior to January 1, 1972, the effective date of new Article V of the Constitution, we have jurisdiction pursuant to then Art. V, § 3, of the Constitution of Missouri, V.A.M.S.

Movant was…