LEWIS v. STATE

No. 36677.

539 S.W.2d 578 (1976)

Herman M. LEWIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division Two.

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer Denied July 9, 1976.

Application to Transfer Denied September 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brassil, Rohlfing & McDonald, James L. Rohlfing, St. Louis, for petitioner-appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Preston Dean, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Brendan Ryan, Circuit Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for respondent.


DOWD, Judge.

Defendant appeals the trial court's denial of postconviction relief under Rule 27.26. We affirm.

On April 9, 1973, the defendant, appearing in court with his attorney, entered a plea of guilty to the charge of second degree murder. The court accepted his plea and sentenced him to twenty years imprisonment.

During the guilty plea proceeding the prosecutor summarized the state's evidence. About 1:20 a. m. on June 17, 1972, in the City of...

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