Richardson v. State

TURNAGE, Judge.

Frank Richardson, Jr., appeals the denial of his 27.26 motion to vacate judgment and sentence of one year in the county jail for escape. Richardson contends the court erred in finding that his counsel was not ineffective and in failing to grant him credit for jail time. Affirmed.

In December, 1976, Richardson was being held in the Cooper County jail in Boonville on charges of first degree robbery and carrying a concealed weapon. Richardson escaped from jail and in October, 1979, under a plea bargain, pleaded guilty to a graded felony of breaking jail and escape. As a part of the…