Roath v. State

EDWIN H. SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Brace A. Roath appeals the judgment of the Circuit Court of Jackson County denying his pro se motion, which he denominated as “Independent Action in Equity to Set Aside or Reverse the Judgment as to Fraud and Collusion in Obtaining Judgment” and filed pursuant to Rule 74.06(d). 1 In his motion, he requested the court to set aside its judgment of his convictions for one count of murder in the second degree, § 565.021, 2 RSMo 1986, and one count of armed criminal action, § 571.015, RSMo 1986, alleging that extrinsic fraud had been committed upon the trial court…