Johnson v. State

MAUS, Judge.

In a court tried case, the movant was convicted of forcible rape, § 566.030.3, and sentenced to imprisonment for 20 years. His conviction was affirmed on direct appeal. State v. Johnson, 685 S.W.2d 603 (Mo.App.1985). In this proceeding, his motion under Rule 27.26 attacking that conviction was denied without an evidentiary hearing. He presents two points in his appeal from that denial.

Movant’s first point is that the motion court erred because his motion alleged that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because of counsel’s failure to object to testimony which implicated…