State v. Friedman

BARRETT, Commissioner.

A jury in St. Louis County found Harold Friedman guilty of altering or defacing the manufacturer’s number on an automobile transmission from a 1963 Chevrolet Impala and fixed his punishment at three years’ imprisonment. His conviction was appealed and affirmed by this court after the denial of a motion for rehearing or transfer to the court en banc on March 13, 1967. State v. Friedman, Mo., 412 S.W.2d 171. On June 23, 1967, represented by counsel, Friedman instituted this proceeding which he denominates a “Motion for release under Rule 27.26 [V.A.M.R.].” He was given a…