Tygart v. State

CROW, Chief Judge.

William Earl Tygart (“movant”) appeals from a judgment denying his motion under Rule 27.26, Missouri Rules of Criminal Procedure (17th ed. 1986), to vacate his conviction of selling marihuana, for which he was sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment. The conviction, a result of trial by jury, was affirmed on direct appeal. State v. Tygart, 673 S.W.2d 83 (Mo.App.1984).

In the instant appeal, movant maintains that the circuit court, henceforth referred to as “the motion court,” erred in denying movant’s motion in that movant, at the jury trial, was denied his right to effective…