Lawrence v. State

DOWD, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial, without an evidentiary hearing, of an amended Rule 27.26 motion.

On June 8, 1978, Darrell Lawrence, the movant-appellant, withdrew his prior plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty to the charge of robbery first degree by putting the victim in fear, in violation of § 560.120 RSMo 1969. After lengthy questioning by the court, in which the movant and his attorney participated, the plea was accepted. The trial court found that the movant voluntarily entered his plea of guilty to the charge, and that he fully understood his rights…