Liggins v. State

GARY M. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Movant, Alvin Liggins, appeals the denial of his Rule 27.26 motion without an eviden-tiary hearing. Movant was convicted by a jury of second degree murder for which he received a sentence of fifty years imprisonment. Movant’s conviction was affirmed on appeal but remanded for resentencing. State v. Liggins, 725 S.W.2d 75 (Mo.App., E.D.1987). Movant was subsequently re-sentenced to thirty years imprisonment on April 18, 1988.

Movant filed his pro se motion pursuant to Rule 27.26 on October 13, 1987. The court appointed counsel for movant on December 28, 1987,…