Fields v. State

SEILER, Judge.

In 1975, appellant was convicted of rape and sentenced to twenty-five years imprisonment. The conviction was affirmed on appeal. State v. Fields, 538 S.W.2d 348 (Mo.App.1976). In 1976 and again in 1977, appellant filed pro se motions pursuant to rule 27.26 to vacate the sentence. Each motion was accompanied by a “motion for leave to appeal [sic] in Forma Pauperis.” These motions to appear in forma pauperis were denied in the trial court because the first motion did “not contain any allegation of error not contained in [appellant’s] motion for new trial and not presented and…