Simpson v. State

GARY M. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Movant Thomas Simpson appeals from the denial of his Rule 27.26 motion after an evidentiary hearing. Movant was convicted by a jury of burglary in the first degree, RSMo § 569.160 (1978), for which he was sentenced as a persistent offender to thirty years imprisonment. This court affirmed the conviction on direct appeal. State v. Simpson, 670 S.W.2d 577 (Mo.App., E.D. 1984). In his Rule 27.26 motion movant alleged that he was improperly convicted as a persistent offender and that trial counsel was ineffective in failing to locate a witness and in failing to…