Legal Opinion

Fant v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided September 6, 1988No. 54251Published

1Opinion of the Court

DOWD, Presiding Judge.

Charles E. Fant, hereinafter movant, appeals the denial of his Rule 27.26 motion after an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

Movant was convicted by a jury of robbery in the first degree and was sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years as a persistent offender. This court affirmed mov-ant’s conviction on direct appeal in State v. Fant, 714 S.W.2d 916 (Mo.App.1986).

*654On April 9, 1987, movant filed pro se a Rule 27.26 motion and counsel was appointed. An amended motion, incorporating the prior motion, alleged ineffective assistance of counsel on numerous grounds.

An evidentiary…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Richardson v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
  5. Foster v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988

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