Sims v. State

FINCPI, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court overruling appellant’s Rule 27.-26, V.A.M.R., motion to vacate the judgment and sentence entered following his earlier conviction on a charge of assault with intent to rob with malice. Jurisdiction is vested in this Court because the notice of appeal was filed before January 1, 1972. Mo.Const., Art. V, §§ 3, 31, V.A.M. S. We affirm.

On appeal, appellant relies solely on the proposition that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in the original case wherein he was convicted. The basis for this contention as asserted by…