Carrow v. State

CRIST, Judge.

Movant appeals from the denial of his Rule 27.26 motion without an evidentiary hearing. Movant sought to vacate his conviction of possession of a controlled substance for which he was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. We affirm.

On appeal, movant argues he was entitled to an evidentiary hearing on his allegation of ineffective assistance of counsel. To enable us to discuss movant’s argument, we must briefly describe the history of movant’s case.

At the time of movant’s conviction in Washington County, nine criminal counts against movant were pending in St. Francois County.…