OWENS v. STATE

No. 28405.

543 S.W.2d 810 (1976)

Melvin Sylvester OWENS, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied November 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Larson, Public Defender, Lee M. Nation, Asst. Public Defender, Kansas City, for appellant.

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

Before TURNAGE, P. J., and WELBORN and HIGGINS, Special Judges.


TURNAGE, Presiding Judge.

Melvin Owens filed a motion pursuant to Rule 27.26 in which he sought to vacate his sentence of life imprisonment following his conviction by a jury of murder in the first degree.

In his motion Owens accused the attorney, who he had hired to represent him in his trial, with failure to effectively represent him. He alleged the attorney failed to request a change of venue, failed to object to certain evidence, and failed to request...

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