Stapp v. State

CROW, Presiding Judge.

On November 23, 1987, Ray Herbert Stapp (“movant”) filed a pro se motion per Rule 27.26, Missouri Rules of Criminal Procedure (18th ed. 1987),1 to vacate his conviction and seven-year prison sentence for burglary in the second degree, § 569.170, RSMo 1986. The conviction and sentence resulted from a plea of guilty April 13, 1987.

On March 29, 1988, movant’s court-appointed counsel filed a first amended motion incorporating the allegations of the pro se motion and adding other allegations. On June 22, 1988, the circuit court (henceforth referred to as “the hearing court”)…