Jones v. State

Movant Marvin Jack Jones, Jr. was convicted in the Circuit Court of Greene County of the crime of First Degree Murder, and thereafter sentenced by the trial court to life imprisonment. The trial court’s judgment and sentence was affirmed by this court in State v. Jones, 518 S.W.2d 304 (Mo.App.1975). The evidence is summarized at some length in that case, and need not be repeated here.

Movant then filed a motion to vacate judgment and sentence, pursuant to Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R. 1 After an evidentiary hearing, the trial court overruled the motion. This appeal followed.

Movant raises two points on…