Malson v. State

SWOFFORD, Presiding Judge.

Movant appeals from the denial of his motion, under Rule 27.26, to vacate a judgment and sentence. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in the second degree (reduced from the charge of first degree murder) upon his plea of guilty. He urges upon this appeal that the trial court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law are clearly erroneous because 1) his plea of guilty was not knowingly entered and he did not comprehend or understand the nature of the proceedings against him due to the administration and injection of various drugs by employees of the…