State v. Haslip

TITUS, Judge.

Charged under the Second Offender Act (§ 556.280) 1 with first degree murder (§ 559.010), defendant was jury convicted thereof. Presumably because 'defendant and his trial attorney became estranged after the verdict was rendered and, as defend ant said, “he don’t work for me no more,” no motion for a new trial was filed. Also, before allocution was afforded, judgment rendered and sentence pronounced (Rule 27.09), the trial judge went out of office and defendant acquired new counsel. A special judge was assigned “to perform the duties to be performed by the court under these rules…