Barker v. State

CROW, Presiding Judge.

On November 1, 1979, Randall Lee Barker (“movant”), pursuant to a plea agreement, entered pleas of guilty to robbery in the first degree, § 560.120, RSMo 1969, and stealing a motor vehicle, § 560.156, RSMo 1969,1 and was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 25 years and 10 years, respectively. A third charge of stealing a motor vehicle was dismissed.

On October 26, 1987, movant commenced a proceeding under Rule 27.26, Missouri Rules of Criminal Procedure (18th ed. 1987), to vacate the judgment and sentences.2 The circuit court, henceforth referred to as “the motion…