Charles v. State

SHANGLER, Presiding Judge.

The appeal comes from denial of a Rule 27.26 motion to vacate a judgment of conviction for first degree robbery. The petition brought pro se attempted three assertions of ineffective assistance of counsel: (1) failure to pursue the defense of “insanity”; (2) failure to interview all of the witnesses for the State prior to trial; and, (3) failure to raise on appeal all the points alleged on the motion for new trial.

The court refused the appointment of counsel and dismissed the Rule 27.26 petition without hearing on the findings that, the record of the robbery trial…