Armento v. Baughman

McCORMICK, Justice.

This is an appeal from denial of postcon-viction relief. The questions involve allegations of concealment of exculpatory evidence and denial of effective assistance of counsel. We affirm the postconviction court.

Petitioner Billy Joe Armento was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for first-degree murder as the alleged “hit man” in the slaying of Anne King in Des Moines on March 12, 1975. The State’s evidence was that the victim’s husband Marion Archer King hired Armento and Lawrence Kocher to do the killing. Armento and King were tried jointly, and Kocher testified…