Bryant v. State

BARDGETT, Judge.

Russell Lee Bryant filed a motion under Rule 27.26 to vacate the judgment and twenty-five-year sentence imposed upon him following his plea of guilty to rape. The circuit court overruled the motion and Bryant appealed to the Missouri court of appeals, Kansas City district. The court of appeals reversed the circuit court judgment and thereafter this court sustained respondent’s motion to transfer filed under art. V, sec. 10, Mo.Const., as amended 1970.

The question of general interest or importance in this case is whether the trial court is required to, sua sponte, hold an…