State v. Boyd

SHRUM, Judge.

The defendant Ronald Gene Boyd was found guilty by a jury of the class C felonies of burglary in the second degree, § 569.170, RSMo 1986, and stealing, § 570.-030, RSMo 1986, and sentenced by the trial court as a prior and persistent offender, § 558.016, to two consecutive terms of ten years’ imprisonment. He appealed in our case No. 17321.

The defendant sought postconviction relief pursuant to Rule 29.15. 1 In his pro se motion he alleged his trial attorney was ineffective because he “failed to properly investigate ... defense witnesses and failed to call defense witnesses.... ”

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