State v. Seddens

CARL R. GAERTNER, Judge.

Defendant, Bryan Seddens, was convicted of first degree murder in violation of § 565-020 RSMo 1986. He filed a pro se Rule 29.15 motion to vacate judgment which was amended after counsel was appointed to represent him. The motion court denied relief without an evidentiary hearing. In this consolidated action defendant appeals both the judgment of conviction and the denial of post-conviction relief. We remand this action to the trial court for further proceedings and affirm the order of the motion court.

On May 7, 1990, the defendant and his friend, Jerome Wilhite, and…