Graham v. State

GUNN, Judge.

After full hearing, the trial court overruled movant’s Rule 27.26 motion for post conviction relief. Movant’s appeal charges ineffective assistance of trial counsel in two regards: failure to raise the absence of a manslaughter instruction in the motion for new trial; failure to utilize available defense witnesses. We affirm the trial court’s ruling.

Movant was convicted of second degree murder. The conviction was affirmed in State v. Graham, 527 S.W.2d 722 (Mo.App.1975). The facts of the case are set forth in detail in that opinion.

Movant’s first point on appeal concerns the trial…