Morris v. State

MORGAN, Judge.

Appellant sought relief from his conviction for first degree robbery in a Rule 27.26 motion in which he claimed ineffective assistance of counsel on appeal. Specifically, appellant alleged that his counsel did not timely perfect the appéal. Counsel took no steps to further the appeal after filing a notice of appeal and jurisdictional statement. The trial court found that appellant was not entitled to an evidentiary hearing or relief under the rule, citing Gerberding v. State, 433 S.W.2d 820 (Mo.1968) and State v. Schaffer, 383 S.W.2d 698 (Mo.1964).

The Court of Appeals, Southern…