State v. King

DALTON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis overruling appellant’s motion under Supreme Court Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R. to set aside a prior conviction of appellant under the Habitual Criminal Act for the offense of Robbery in the First Degree by Means of a Dangerous and Deadly Weapon. The conviction in question and the sentence of life imprisonment were entered on May 13, 1959. Without a hearing of evidence on the motion the trial court, on April 16, 1963, summarily overruled appellant’s motion to vacate and set aside the prior conviction.…