State v. Johnstone

EAGER, Presiding Judge.

This appeal arises in a proceeding to vacate a judgment and sentence under Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R. Following a conviction of robbery with a dangerous and deadly weapon and a finding of two prior felony convictions, defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment in accordance with the verdict of a jury. Upon appeal, that conviction was affirmed. State v. Johnstone, Mo., 335 S.W.2d 199. Certiorari was denied as shown at 364 U.S. 842, 81 S.Ct. 81, 5 L.Ed. 2d 66. The present motion to vacate, filed in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, was denied on January 27, 1961.…