Friends v. State

CLARK, Presiding Judge.

William Friends was sentenced to serve a term of four years in the custody of the Missouri Division of Corrections after he pleaded guilty to the offense of stealing property of the value of at least $50.00. § 560.156, RSMo 1969; § 560.161 RSMo Supp. 1975. In this proceeding pursuant to Rule 27.26, Friends sought to vacate the judgment and sentence on the grounds that the sentence imposed exceeded that which he had been assured would follow upon acceptance of his plea, and that the trial judge was unfairly prejudiced against Friends by inaccurate information in a…