State v. Smith

Appellant, Ulysses Curtis Smith, was convicted of first degree robbery in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, and his punishment was assessed at imprisonment for a term of eight years. An appeal was perfected to this Court.

Appellant’s sole point on appeal is that he “was denied that effective assistance of counsel learned in the law guaranteed by Article I, Sections 10 and 18(a) of the Missouri Constitution of 1945, V.A.M.S., and the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution.”

The following language from State v. Cluck, Mo.Sup., 451 S.W.2d 103, at 106 and 107…