Moore v. State

CROW, Presiding Judge.

On January 27, 1983, Jim Lee Moore (“movant”) entered a plea of guilty to murder in the second degree. § 565.004, RSMo 1978. After a presentence investigation he was sentenced to life imprisonment. On April 18, 1986, he filed a motion to vacate the conviction and sentence per Rule 27.26, Missouri Rules of Criminal Procedure (17th ed. 1986).1 The circuit court denied the motion without appointing counsel. On appeal by movant to this Court the judgment denying the motion was reversed and the cause was remanded to the circuit court. Moore v. State, 728 S.W.2d 686 (Mo.App.…