Trotter v. State

GAITAN, Judge.

The plaintiff, Ronnie E. Trotter, was the defendant in a criminal action wherein he was charged and found guilty by a jury of Murder in the First Degree and Armed Criminal Action. These charges stemmed from the killing of a Kansas City, Missouri police officer. The convictions were affirmed on appeal in an unpublished memorandum opinion. State v. Trotter, 706 S.W.2d 890 (Mo.App.1986). He now appeals the trial court’s adverse ruling on his Rule 27.26 motion claiming the following as error: (1) holding that a 27.26 proceeding is not the proper vehicle for relief based upon newly…