Branstuder v. State

SHANGLER, Judge.

The appeal comes from denial of a motion under Rule 27.26 to vacate concurrent five-year convictions entered on a plea of guilty to burglary and assault with intent to kill with malice aforethought.

The motion asserts grounds that [1] the plea was not voluntary because the defendant was without understanding of the nature of the charges or the consequences of the plea and because the defendant was then under the influence of narcotics, [2] the defendant was deprived of effective assistance of counsel-in particulars-antecedent to and at the plea procedure, [3] the judgment…