Edgington v. State

EDWIN H. SMITH, Chief Judge.

Gary D. Edgington appeals from the order of the Circuit Court of Cass County denying, without an evidentiary hearing, his motion to reopen his Rule 29.15 1 post-conviction proceeding. The appellant was convicted, after a jury trial, in the Circuit Court of Cass County, of second-degree murder, in violation of § 565.021, 2 and armed criminal action (ACA), in violation of § 571.015, and was sentenced to concurrent prison sentences of thirty years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. He appealed his convictions to this court, which were affirmed in State v.…