Harris v. State

SIMEONE, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by Lewis Lee Harris from a denial of his motion to vacate judgment of conviction and sentence pursuant to Rule 27.26 V.A.M.R. Movant was sentenced to two concurrent eighteen-year terms on his plea of guilty to the crimes of assault with intent to kill with malice and robbery first degree by means of a dangerous and deadly weapon. §§ 559.180, 560.120 and 560.135, RSMo.

Movant’s 27.26 motion was predicated upon the allegations that his plea of guilty was involuntarily made and that he was ineffectively assisted by counsel in that (1) counsel failed to…