FRITZ v. STATE

No. KCD 27488.

524 S.W.2d 197 (1975)

Leon Claude FRITZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

June 2, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willard B. Bunch, Public Defender, 16th Judicial Circuit, Henri J. Watson, Asst. Public Defender, Kansas City, for appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., K. Preston Dean, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Before WASSERSTROM, P. J., and SHANGLER and DIXON, JJ.


SHANGLER, Judge.

This appeal is from a denial, after evidentiary hearing, of a Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R., motion to set aside a judgment and sentence for burglary.

The appellant contends (1) the failure of trial counsel to interview the State's witnesses deprived him of the intelligent and knowing choice between a jury trial and a plea of guilty and (2) he was prejudiced when the trial judge advised the prosecutor how...

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